A total of 39,369 families affected by Typhoon Tino received PHP230.124 million in Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) by the end of December 2025.

Data from the city’s Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) showed the beneficiaries included 3,789 severely affected families and 35,575 slightly affected families.

Severely affected families got PHP10,325 each, while slightly affected families received PHP5,369 each.

Those who received cash assistance were the beneficiaries included in the DSSD report submitted to the national government as of the Nov. 17, 2025, cutoff.

Consolidated data showed that 48,236 families were affected across the city’s 61 barangays; as such, not all of these families were covered by the first and second batches of the ECT payouts distributed over 19 days, between Dec. 12 and 31.

In an interview on Monday, DSSD head Richelle Verdeprado-Mangga said they are compiling the list of families excluded in the first and second batches of payouts.

“In preparation for the additional request, we are now initiating the listing of those left out,” she added.

Mangga said they will request additional ECT assistance once they have finalized the liquidation of the payouts and the records for the first and second batches of beneficiaries.

“The release of additional assistance is still subject to DSWD approval,” she said.

Mayor Greg Gasataya earlier thanked Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian for the prompt release of funds for the swift recovery of families who lost their homes and livelihoods.

Gasataya said Bacolod City is the first local government unit in the Negros Island Region to receive the ECT for families affected by Typhoon Tino, which devastated the region on Nov. 4.

The DSWD’s ECT program is a post-disaster intervention that provides unconditional cash assistance to affected families to meet their immediate needs.

The initiative bridges disaster relief and early recovery by empowering households to set their priorities using available local resources, thereby contributing to the early restoration of the communities. (PNA)