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 ...

SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian has vowed to block the revival of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP) Program, which provides direct cash and other forms ...

MANILA, Philippines — Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Edgar Erice has lamented the culture of mendicancy that aid programs like the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) have allegedly created, claiming ...

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, ...

There's no AKAP in the President's budget proposal for 2026. Will the House insist on it even though Marcos has warned against congressional insertions? AKAP, which stands for Ayuda para sa Kapos ang ...

PhilHealth, which had zero subsidy from the government last year, will receive P53.3 billion under the 2026 National Expenditure Program, while congressional cash aid program Ayuda Para Sa Kapos ang ...

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the government's flagship conditional cash transfer program for the poorest of the poor, has been allocated almost P113 billion under the P6.793-trillion ...

There is no political intrusion in the provision of the social protection programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), an agency official assured reporters during the Saturday ...

MANILA, Philippines — Several groups and persons filed a petition yesterday, asking the Supreme Court (SC) to declare as unconstitutional the 2025 national budget, among others due to the allocation ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted the new request of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to exempt its Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is prohibiting politicians and any political materials during the distribution of Akap (Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita ...

A Comelec resolution also presumes politicians participating in AKAP distribution to be vote-buying, vote-selling, or abusing state resources MANILA, Philippines – Politicians and materials linking ...