MANILA, Philippines – The government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) or 4Ps program significantly improved the health, nutrition and education of children of low-income families, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said yesterday, citing studies conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Ateneo de Manila University. Read the rest of this entry »
CCT program improves education, health of beneficiaries – studies
July 20, 2011
Cash-transfer beneficiaries misidentified
March 30, 2011
BENEFICIARIES of the P21-billion Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program had been misidentified by the government, a House leader said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Conditional cash transfer questioned before Supreme Court
March 16, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – It’s been called a “life-saver” to impoverished families but to former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and 2 barangay officials, the P21 billion conditional cash transfer (CCT) program allocation in the 2011 national budget is an unconstitutional campaign and a “grave abuse of discretion of the Executive Department.” Read the rest of this entry »
Rich getting dole-outs, Baguio mayor says
March 15, 2011
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The implementation of the national government’s conditional cash transfer under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps to help alleviate the living conditions of the country’s poorest of the poor is being set back by the fact that some beneficiaries do not belong to marginalized families. Read the rest of this entry »
CCT will not reduce poverty – UN expert
February 24, 2011
MANILA, Philippines — The P21-billion Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program of the Aquino government will not reduce poverty, according to a United Nations expert on social development. Read the rest of this entry »
CCT funds going to wrong hands — minority
January 27, 2011
Funds from controversial Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Subsidy Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under its chief, Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, as predicted, have been going to families who can hardly be considered the poorest of the poor. Read the rest of this entry »
Growth versus equity
January 26, 2011
It was pretty disappointing that Economic Secretary Dondon Paderanga was not able to give a more spirited defense of the administration’s conditional cash transfer program when it was attacked, ever so gently, by Sen. Bongbong Marcos during the FOCAP forum last week. Sen. Marcos raised the growth versus equity thing… that P-Noy is sacrificing growth with this program. Read the rest of this entry »
DBM prepares plan for expanded CCT
January 3, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Budget and Management is preparing a budget execution strategy for an additional P21 billion worth of conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to be distributed by the Departments of Social Welfare and Development, Education and Health. Read the rest of this entry »
House to closely monitor P22-billion conditional cash transfer
December 17, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives will closely monitor the implementation of the P22-billion conditional cash transfer (CCT) program next year Read the rest of this entry »
Senate drops safeguard provision on CCT savings
December 16, 2010
The House minority bared yesterday the removal of a provision in next year’s budget that would prevent the unused portion of the massive P21 billion budget for the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) from turning into savings the use of which would be under the discretion of the Office of the President the following year. Read the rest of this entry »
