Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (left), Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook) How much more poor Filipinos were deprived of government aid in the past due to unceremonious budget realignments affecting the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino...
4PS Party-list Rep. JC Abalos (left), Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook, Senate PRIB) 4PS party-list Rep. JC Abalos II is pleading to Senator Imee Marcos not to cut the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) again. ...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon (left), Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook) Senator Imee Marcos is supposedly to blame for the failure of some 4.3 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to receive cash grants or...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is considering incorporating an additional health grant into the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for the first 1,000 days of a child—from conception to two years old—to combat stunting and malnutrition. DSWD Secretary Rex...
President Marcos has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure that the peso value of government assistance will not diminish. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/ KJ Rosales) Marcos made the directive during a sectoral meeting in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) maintained on Friday, Feb. 16 that the current P600 monthly rice subsidy for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries is “more practical and efficient” than handing out actual bags of rice. “After discussion with the...
In an effort to lower market demand for rice, the government is exploring the option of directly supplying rice to poor Filipinos instead of providing them with cash grants. Agriculture Undersecretary Roger Navarro said that his department and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) intends to penalize loan sharks in order to prevent them from using Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) cash cards as collateral. The 4Ps National Program Management Office (NPMO) of the DSWD has already proposed amendments to Republic...
An estimated 200,000 household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) are anticipated to graduate from the program by September, a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) official said on Thursday, Feb. 1. “By September, mayroong mga around 200,000 na wala ng...
House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Facebook) The apparent mixing of prayers and poltical agendas by some personalities has rubbed another congressman the wrong way. In statement Sunday, Jan. 28, House Minority Leader 4Ps...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (Facebook) More overseas Filipinos ought to spend their holidays--and their money--in the Philippines. Thus, said House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep....
House Minority Leader Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (Contributed photo) With the very real threat of El Niño hanging over everybody's heads, House Minority Leader Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan is banking on the extra subsidies or "ayuda" under the...
