Tag: CCT

Malacanang touts benefits of Pantawid Pamilya program for the poor

  MANILA, June 28 (Eagle News) – A few days before President Aquino steps down from office, Malacanang has defended the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), which according to critics, encourages dependency on the government. According to Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., the 4Ps has been proven to be effective since its implementation in 2010. Coloma said that in the last six years, the program had proven that it was not a […]

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4Ps members, nabahala sa planong paglalagay ng CPP members sa ilang ahensya ng gobyerno

(Eagle News) — Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala ang mga parent leader at mga miyembro ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) o Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)  sa balak ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte na ibigay sa Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) ang posisyon sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Anila, kontra ang mga miyembro ng CPP sa pagpapatuloy ng CCT program dahil […]

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Aquino hopes next President would continue conditional cash transfer program

PRESIDENT Aquino on Wednesday said he hoped that the next president would continue the government programs that assist the poor, such as the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, to make the country’s economic growth more inclusive. In a speech delivered during a conference on sustaining the gains of the CCT, held at the Asian Development Bank headquarters in Mandaluyong, President Aquino reported that the government has continued to develop ways to make the CCT program […]

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P62.7-B in 2016 budget to expand CCT coverage

MANILA, Oct. 14 — The National Government’s flagship poverty alleviation program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), will have a budget allocation of P62.7 billion in the proposed 2016 National Budget to broaden its coverage and include high school students to help more indigent families. Budget Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad said the 4Ps must not only be sustained, but also widened, given that it is one of the most important and effective programs of the National Government that put resources […]

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