
Gov’t services must be accessible to all -Marcos
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vowed to make government services accessible to all.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vowed to make government services accessible to all.
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program assisted 4.3 million households last year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development said.
The planned delisting of 1.3 million beneficiaries from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) came as a surprise to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) urged the next administration to continue the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, which provides conditional cash grants to extremely poor households.
Ka Leody de Guzman has committed to continue the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps should he win the presidency.
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Tuesday sought clarification from the budget sponsor of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regarding the P8 billion reduction in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for next year.
Mandating Covid-19 vaccination in exchange for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) benefits is “valid,” according to Malacañang.
Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor rejected on Sunday the “oppressive and anti-poor” proposal of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to stop the assistance given to beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) if they do not get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Senator Loren Legarda on Tuesday said poverty was a “side effect” of decades of poor governance and lack of opportunities for the people to prosper.
The Department of Health (DOH) is looking at the possibility of providing poor households covered under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) with quality cooking stoves to address indoor pollution and its ill-effects to the poor.