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(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 […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has started distributing the P2,400 per year subsidy to millions of poor families in the country who were affected by the implementation of the Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) program. The unconditional cash transfer (UCT) funds of P200 per month or P2,400 yearly subsidy was first given to 1.8 million households who are already holding cash cards under the UCT or the Pantawid […]
At least nine individuals were reported injured, with three of them brought to the hospital, following a stampede in Valencia City gymnasium in Bukidnon. In her report in Agila Probinsya, Eagle News Correspondent Christine Balaquit said the stampede happened during the distribution of cash assistance for those under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the government. The accident occurred around 10:40 Wednesday morning, December 17. The stampede started when some people mistook a lunch […]
