Bonogas starts Monday

[NewsWhore]

Vice President Rafael Alburquerque announced that beginning Monday 800,000 citizens will have been issued Bonogas cards for charging the purchase of up to six gallons of propane gas per month, a RD$228 credit that is part of the RD$182 million per month Bonogas program. Alburquerque added that half of the families that have received Bonogas cards also have the "Eating is First Card", that enables them to charge RD$700 per month for food at select suppliers. This card is also known as the Solidarity Card. Families that do not already have the Eating is First Card, (perhaps 150,000) will receive a food bonus of RD$300 per month. These families were selected through the SIUBEN system that periodically checks on the status of the country's poorest families. According to the Vice President, the program seeks to benefit the 800,000 families that live in extreme poverty of the 2.2 million poor families living in the DR.

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