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PHINMA Education says to pursue distance learning for poor students

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 10:47 AM

PHINMA Education won't go back to full face-to-face learning to help poor students. Read more »

90 pct ng 4Ps beneficiary nananatiling mahirap: COA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 08:07 PM

Siyam sa bawat 10 benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program ang nananatiling mahirap, ayon sa Commission on Audit. Read more »

'Poorest PH families hit harder by COVID compared to Asian peers'

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 04:09 PM

Poor families in the Philippines were more adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the poor in other nations in Asia, the ADB said. Read more »

DSWD offering cash aid to indigent students: Tulfo

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 05:07 PM

Only up to 3 students per family can participate in the program from Aug. 20 until Sept. 24, DSWD Sec. Erwin Tulfo said. School ID and enrollment certificate must be presented. Read more »

DBM releases P2-B to DSWD to aid Filipinos in crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 09:45 AM

The Department of Budget and Management on Tuesday said it has released another P2 billion as additional aid for Filipinos in crisis situations. Read more »

Timely release of cash aid crucial in protecting poor: NEDA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 02:21 PM

The timely release of the P4.1 billion fund for the Targeted Cash Transfer program is crucial in helping the poor, NEDA said Wednesday. Read more »

Nearly half of Filipinos feel 'poor', SWS survey shows

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 06:50 PM

Self-rated poor Filipinos rose in all areas, especially in Metro Manila and the Visayas. Read more »

5.5 million families are poor, need aid: DSWD

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 08:39 PM

The newly launched Listahanan will serve as basis as to who will receive government aid. Read more »

SWS survey: 43% of Pinoy families feel poor

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 07:38 PM

SWS said families who self-rated themselves as poor rose in the capital region and in Mindanao, while it decreased in Visayas and Balance Luzon. Read more »

Duterte keeps fuel tax, OKs P200 monthly subsidy for poor families

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 09:43 PM

President Duterte approved a P200 monthly subsidy for poor Filipino families as an alternative to suspending fuel excise taxes. Read more »

PH family of 5 needs P12,082 to cover basic needs: PSA

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 10:36 AM

A Filipino family of 5 needs P12,082 per month to cover basic food and non-food needs in the first semester of 2021, data from the state statistics bureau released Friday showed. Read more »

Only 16 percent of Filipino families say they are not poor: SWS

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 08:07 PM

Only 16 percent of Filipino families said they are not poor, a Social Weather Stations survey released Monday showed. Read more »

Pandemic seen to 'temporarily slow' government's gains in reducing poverty: NEDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 03:35 PM

The coronavirus pandemic may temporarily disrupt the gains achieved by the government in terms of poverty reduction, Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua said Friday.   Read more »

DSWD: 12.28 million beneficiaries receive SAP 2nd tranche

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 04:13 PM

MANILA - The second tranche of the government cash aid to poor families affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is now at 86 percent complete, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).   Read more »

DSWD: 9.6 million beneficiaries get 2nd tranche of SAP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 04:04 PM

More than 9.6 million beneficiaries have received the second tranche of the government’s cash aid to poor families affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.    Read more »

Roque: As lockdown eases, government to stop COVID-19 cash aid in June

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 11:52 PM

But Roque stressed that the second tranche of the government’s Social Amelioration Program would still be handed out to qualified beneficiaries. Read more »