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 ...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved an additional request from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to exempt its financial assistance program from the election ...

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. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Friday said it is up to members of Congress to decide whether or not they ...

MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed yesterday to fight and secure funding for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) in the ...

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 ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday defended the Ayuda para sa ...

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 ...

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 ...