00:00Single parents and solo mothers in Butuan City in Agus and Del Norte are upbeat and thankful
00:05for the nuances or expanded benefits of the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act or RA 11861.
00:13Among the salient amendments in RA 11861, the expanded age coverage to include more
00:20qualified beneficiaries as we hear more from PIA Caraga Jennifer Pena-Gaitano.
00:26Although busy with work, chores, and taking care of their children, the solo parents from
00:33different barangays of Butuan City took the time to listen and learn to the discussion
00:37under Public Act 11861 or the Solo Parents Welfare Act during the first episode of Panagtigom sa
00:43Barangay by the Philippine Information Agency Caraga. The City Social Welfare and Development
00:48Department or CSWDD of the local government of Butuan shared the new provisions of the law from
00:532 to 12 categories that will benefit more solo parents. Rose Jean Maceda is one of the standing
00:58solo parents who expressed gratitude for extending the age of the child from 18 years old to 22 years
01:03old under the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act.
01:06I am grateful to Panagtigom sa Barangay for helping in many sectors, not just in Amoa,
01:14that the solo parents who were born, were not born young nor old.
01:22Daphne Tuazon, the solo parent focal person of the CSWDD, also urged those who wish to register
01:28as solo parents to submit necessary documents to receive assistance from relevant government
01:33agencies. Through PIA Caraga's Panagtigom sa Barangay, the City Government of Butuan has
01:37stepped up and brought the Solo Parents Education Campaign nearer to the beneficiaries and to the
01:42communities. From the Philippine Information Agency Caraga, Jennifer Peña-Gayetano for the Balitang
01:48Pabansa.
