The Government will raise the inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers from £1 million to £2.5 million in a climbdown ...

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 ...

ODIONGAN, Romblon (PIA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)–Romblon has completed the distribution of ₱22.5 million in financial assistance to 7,500 low-income residents across ...

NEARLY 7-million Filipinos are projected to lose access to social welfare services by 2026 due to significant budget cuts to the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Assistance to ...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) still has P13 billion to fund its cash assistance program Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said, ...

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 ...

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 Marcos administration published the proposed 2026 budget after the Department of Budget and Management handed over the funding request to Congress, which is tasked to scrutinize the National ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate finance panel head Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has assured the public that no insertions will be made in the 2026 national budget, particularly for Charter change (Cha-cha) ...

The following is an English translation, generated with an OpenAI model, of a partially modified transcript from a video report written and produced by Rappler reporter Dwight de Leon. The translation ...

MANILA, Philippines — Implementation of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program will continue because many Filipinos depend on it, Malacañang said yesterday, amid concerns that some politicians are ...