2021 National Human Rights Situation Report 51 200 Families also received assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) from January to June 2020. Nationwide, about 1.5 percent of families received assistance from DOLE Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers (Tupad) “Barangay ko, Buhay ko” or COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program or DOLE AKAP.177 201 Further, about 2.9 percent were beneficiaries of the Department of Agriculture (DA) farmers financial assistance program. The top three regions with higher percentage of families who received benefits of this program were in Region I-Ilocos (14.9%), Region II-Cagayan Valley (8.6%), and MIMAROPA Region (6.8%).178 202 Relief assistance is the very common help that can be provided to the families during calamity, disaster, or pandemic. In the past 6 months preceding the survey ( January to June 2020), majority (90.8%) of families received relief assistance from government agencies and about 24.3 percent from private institutions or individuals or other than government agencies 179 203 Among families with PhilHealth, about 3.0 percent of families availed/received PhilHealth assistance. The top three PhilHealth services availed/received by families were noncommunicable diseases services (36.8%), maternal services (33.1%), and infectious diseases service (22.0%)180 204 The Committee on Health approved House Bill No. 8316, or an act granting the President the power to suspend scheduled contribution increases of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, amending section 10 of the Republic Act No. 11223, or the Universal Health Care Law.181 177 Philippine Statistics Authority. (2021, June). 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey. 178 Philippine Statistics Authority. (2021, June). 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey. 179 Philippine Statistics Authority. (2021, June). 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey. 180 Philippine Statistics Authority. (2021, June). 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey. 181 CNN Philippines Staff (2021). House panels approve bills authorizing President to suspend PhilHealth, SSS rate hike. Retrieved February 04, 2021 from https://www.cnn.ph/news/2021/1/21/house-panel-approve-bills-suspendingphilhealth-sss-rate-hike.html