WASHINGTON – The World Bank (WB) has tagged the Philippines as a model in providing a social safety net that cushions the impact of global financial and economic problems. Read the rest of this entry »
WB: Phl a model for cash transfer
April 21, 2012
Another classic Noynoying
April 2, 2012
Cash transfers seem to be the way to go for the administration of Noynoy in winning the hearts of Filipinos.
In principle, it works to allow the government to keep close tab of those who are availing of subsidies from the government. The conditional cash transfer (CCT) for the poorest Filipinos, for instance, is bankrolled by a P40-billion fund from the budget. Read the rest of this entry »
Gov’t to expand poverty alleviation scheme
March 28, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The government plans to expand a landmark poverty alleviation scheme that provides cash aid to the country’s poorest households to benefit nearly 5 million families, an official said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Cash transfer scheme to continue — Purisima
March 27, 2012
THE GOVERNMENT plans to expand a landmark poverty alleviation scheme that provides cash aid to the country’s poorest households to benefit nearly five million families, a Cabinet official said. Read the rest of this entry »
DSWD taps 5 firms for livelihood program
March 26, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has partnered with five private firms for the implementation of sustainable livelihood programs for the beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer program. Read the rest of this entry »
Bashing the CCT for all the wrong reasons
January 5, 2012
Last December 28, 2011, STAR’s Paolo Romero reported that UP (University of the Philippines) Assistant Professor Marivic Raquiza had questioned the prioritization and budget allocation that the DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) has placed on the CCT (Conditional Cash Transfer) program, to the alleged detriment of the department’s other programs. Read the rest of this entry »
DSWD delists over 165,000 cash-transfer beneficiaries
January 4, 2012
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had delisted 165,651 non-compliant, undeserving and unqualified beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino program, the Philippines’ conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, as of December 15 last year. Read the rest of this entry »
COA finds flaws in cash transfer program
December 29, 2011
IT is not fair for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to overpay beneficiaries of its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program because of the unsystematic database of the poor recipient families it has kept for the program, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. Read the rest of this entry »
COA confirms CCT holes
December 8, 2011
COA CONFIRMS CCT HOLES. . . The Commission on Audit (COA) found several discrepancies and holes in the President Aquino flagship Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program. It discovered: Read the rest of this entry »
Loopholes in cash dole plugged, says DSWD chief
December 7, 2011
DAVAO CITY—The reported loopholes in the distribution of the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program uncovered recently by the Commission on Audit (COA) happened in 2010 and have already been addressed, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said. Read the rest of this entry »
