Low-income and minimum wage earners can now easily avail of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) benefits, as the agency has simplified the guidelines for faster access to financial assistance. DSWD Assistant Secretary and spokesperson...
Senator Imee Marcos appealed to his brother, President Marcos to scrutinize the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) before signing it. "Nananawagan ako sa aking kapatid, ang ating mahal na Pangulong Bongbong - kung mahina ang aking boses mag-isa, ngayon nawa ay marinig...
DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian reiterated on Friday, Dec. 13 that the agency is the sole implementer of the “Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program” or AKAP—a one-time cash assistance program for eligible beneficiaries...
Vice President Sara Duterte is not a fan of dole-outs or “ayuda,” touting good governance and peace and development programs as the better options to help uplift the lives of Filipinos from poverty. Vice President Sara Duterte (MB file photo) In an interview at the Office of the...
Local officials and recipients of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) (Speaker’s Office) The Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), the flagship welfare program of the Marcos administration, granted over P139 million...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez facilitated on Monday night, Sept. 2 the request for the immediate release of P390 million in financial aid to indigent citizens affected by the wrarh of Typhoon...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Citing the "dubious track record" of Vice President Sara Duterte, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro vowed to oppose the Office of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez during the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) Agency Summit on Monday, Aug. 19 (Speaker’s Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez trumpeted on Friday, Aug. 30 the launch of new social amelioration...
DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian (PPAB) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) told a House of Representatives panel that the social protection programs of the government, otherwise known as “ayuda” (aid), were not mere handouts but...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged the government to implement a more efficient approach in distributing financial assistance noting how administrative costs are eating up on the funds instead of benefitting Filipinos in need. Cayetano said with the government agencies’...
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco (PPAB) Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco is urging his colleagues in Congress to fully support the approval of the proposed P253.3-billion allocation for the government’s social assistance and cash...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) rubs elbows with local beneficiaries during one of the many events of the "mega" Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair in Tacloban City ,Leyte on Friday (Speaker's office) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--"Ayuda" or...
