The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, Nov. 10, that it is currently studying a proposal seeking to provide an incentive to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who refused to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA...
Around 3.5 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have yet to receive their vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, Nov. 10. DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova (Screengrab from PTV4)...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed Monday, Nov. 8, to carefully study the proposed mandatory vaccination of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, even as it cited the need to amend the 4Ps Law before the recipients are required to get vaccinated...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said that requiring beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first before receiving subsidies is reasonable but said the law may be amended before this can happen. 44405 Roque made...
Bombarded by criticisms on its proposal to implement a "no vaccine, no subsidy" policy for the beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) pointed to the local...
The national government reduced the amount of subsidy to government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) amid the widening budget deficit, based on data from the Bureau of the Treasury. Financial support extended to state-owned corporations amounted to P145.87 billion from January to September...
House Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela partylist slammed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) proposal to exclude unvaccinated Filipinos from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) saying it is a "lousy scheme to cover up the Duterte administration's...
Anakalusugan Party-list Representative Michael Defensor has called the proposal to exclude the 4.4 million household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps from receiving their conditional cash grants if they do not get vaccinated against COVID-19 as “oppressive and...
Senators on Sunday shot down a proposal of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to exclude beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In separate interviews on Radio DZBB, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should take the lead in defending the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program against the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) “iron-fist” policies, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Sunday....
Malacañang expressed confidence Tuesday, Oct. 26 that the government would be able distribute the P1-billion fuel subsidy it had committed to the public transport sector before the end of the year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Presidential...
President Duterte’s economic managers approved the grant of fuel subsidies, giving public transportation sector the much-needed relief from skyrocketing pump prices. The inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) announced Monday, Oct. 25, that the government will shell-out P1...
