The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) has become a beacon of transparency and efficient public fund management, said the chairman of the House ...

MANILA, Philippines — The executive branch did not propose funding for the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) for the 2026 national budget. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Friday said it is up to members of Congress to decide whether or not they ...

MANILA, Philippines — Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian has assured the public that politicians would not have a hand in implementing the P26-billion aid program of the Department of Social ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Senate finance committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday vowed that he will not allow the Ayuda para sa ...

SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian has vowed to block the revival of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP) Program, which provides direct cash and other forms ...

MANILA, Philippines — Several groups and persons filed a petition yesterday, asking the Supreme Court (SC) to declare as unconstitutional the 2025 national budget, among others due to the allocation ...

“The Akap program has demonstrated a strong impact with P26.157 billion in funds, or 99.31 percent utilization rate, from the total P26.7 billion budget allocation for 2024,” Dumlao said. Under the ...

MANILA, Philippines — At least two lawmakers have lamented the removal of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) in the 2026 proposed national budget from the executive, saying that it could ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expended considerable political capital after he ignored calls to scrap the controversial Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) and instead injected it with P26 ...

The proposed 2025 national budget includes an allocation of P26 billion for the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program, also known as Akap. This decision has sparked a heated debate surrounding fiscal ...

MANILA, Philippines — A fiscal policy expert said the government can do away with an aid program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), maintaining that it is being merely used by ...