QUEZON CITY — Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) is not pork barrel and neither are barangay officials responsible for the list of AKAP beneficiaries, Department of Social Welfare and ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is tightening its guidelines in implementing the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ...

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday (March 27) emphasized that the new guideline of the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) is now focused on ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite warnings that government cash assistance programs function as "soft pork" and evidence of poor implementation, the bicameral conference committee approved doubling the ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) over the weekend said the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Audit (COA) has found lapses and “systemic weaknesses” in the implementation of the government’s Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap), including duplication and ...

CEBU, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is urging the public to present their Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-issued PhilSys National ID ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS), an aid for families experiencing emergencies, will get an additional P32.06 billion for 2026 if the first proposed ...

DAVAO CITY—Government shelled out P5.22 billion in direct cash distribution last year under two government cash dole-out programs that were controversial over their link to politics. The bigger of the ...

SENATORS expressed support for the President’s suggestion to divert the P36 billion originally intended for flood control funds to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to augment ...

A 54-year-old man in Pangasinan lost P50,000 after falling victim to an online scam that promised government cash assistance. The victim from Barangay Casibong in San Jacinto received a message from ...