(Eagle News)—The Senate on Monday, Feb. 4, passed on third and final reading a bill that would institutionalize the 4Ps poverty reduction program of the government. Senate Bill No. 2117, authored by Senator Leila de Lima, was approved with 18 votes,  zero votes against it and zero abstentions. The 4Ps is an existing national poverty reduction strategy and a human capital investment program under which poor households are given conditional cash for a maximum period […]