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 ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite warnings that government cash assistance programs function as "soft pork" and evidence of poor implementation, the bicameral conference committee approved doubling 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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — It’s a reversal of fortunes for the state-run insurer and a congressional cash aid program as the executive branch seeks to restore funding to critical agencies and cut back on ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE House of Representatives will “fight” to retain funding for a Social Welfare department’s indigent aid program next year, Speaker and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said on Thursday ...

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 ...