MANILA, Philippines — A House leader insisted on Tuesday, December 17, that the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program or AKAP is not a form of “pork barrel.” In a chance interview, Rep. Jil Bongalon (Ako ...

State auditors flagged mismanagement and political influence in AICS and AKAP, yet the bicameral committee still approved ...

MANILA, Philippines — The bicameral congressional committee set to fine-tune the national budget for 2025 on Wednesday moved to create a technical working group (TWG) that would hammer out the ...

Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Friday said it is up to members of Congress to decide whether or not they would propose to fund the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) again next year ...

THE Executive Branch’s social service programs, which have become an object of dispute between administration officials and leaders of Congress, are seen to become the sticking point once the Senate ...

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 ...

Photo from the Facebook page of the House of Representatives THE House of Representatives is determined to reinstate the P39 billion Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), along with additional ...

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 ...

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday defended the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) after Senator Imee Marcos linked the new social aid ...

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 ...

QUEZON CITY — Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) is not pork barrel and neither are barangay officials responsible for the list of AKAP beneficiaries, Department of Social Welfare and ...