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Libo-libong iskolar, 'nanganganib' dahil sa tapyas sa CHED budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 08:36 PM

Pinangangambahang libo-libong estudyante ang posibleng mawawalan ng scholarship matapos tapyasan ng DBM ang pondo ng CHED para sa susunod na taon. Read more »

LTFRB eyes P20,000 fuel subsidy for PUJs in 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 02:54 PM

MANILA - The government is eyeing the distribution of fuel subsidy worth over P20,000 for each public utility jeepneys next year. Read more »

Subsidies in 2019 will depend on tax collections, says DBM

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 05:07 PM

Subsidies in 2019 include P36.5 billion for the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and P3.85 billion for the Pantawid Pasada program of the Department of Transportation. Read more »

Pantawid for drivers as fuel prices rise

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 11:44 AM

Jeepney drivers and operators receive their Pantawid Pasada Program cards from the government at the Land Transportation Office Read more »

Study: Poorest Filipinos suffer most from 'TRAIN'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 12:55 AM

A statistics expert claimed the poorest Filipinos suffer the most from the brunt of tax reforms. And with government subsidy still not fully distributed, a lawmaker is considering the measure's suspension. Read more »

Release of fuel subsidy cards cancelled for the week: LTFRB

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 02 06:08 PM

The distribution of Pantawid Pasada Fuel Cards will resume next week, the regulator said on Twitter. Read more »

Nais ng DOLE: P200 buwanang ayuda sa kumikita ng minimum wage

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 10:45 PM

Inirekomenda ng DOLE kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang P200 kada buwang subsidy para sa mga manggagawang sumasahod ng minimum wage. Read more »

Jeepney operators to receive P5,000 fuel vouchers in July: LTFRB

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 12:48 PM

Some 179,000 public utility jeepney (PUJ) operators will start receiving their P5,000 fuel vouchers each as early as next week, a transport official said. Read more »

P200 monthly cash aid may not be enough for the poor: ex-DSWD official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 10:39 AM

Raising the monthly cash transfers to P500 "should be considered," former social welfare and development department officer in charge Emmanuel Leyco told ANC's Early Edition.  Read more »

Fuel subsidy para sa mga tsuper, ipapamahagi sa Hulyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 03:58 AM

Sisimulan na sa susunod na buwan ang pamamahagi ng fuel subsidy sa jeepney operators bilang tulong sa pagtaas ng presyo ng petrolyo.  Read more »

Fast-track cash aid for poor as inflation quickens: Bam Aquino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 10:25 AM

The government should expedite the distribution of cash aid to poor families to help them cope with rising consumer prices, a senator said Monday. Read more »

Ayuda sa mga pinaka-apektado ng TRAIN, di pa kompletong naipapamahagi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 02:24 AM

Limang buwan matapos umarangkada ang tax reform package, ramdam na ng mga Pinoy ang epekto ng dagdag na buwis. Read more »

Gobyerno, may magagawa para maibsan ang mga taas-presyo: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 08:31 PM

Inilahad ng isang eksperto na may mga posibleng magawa ang gobyerno upang matulungan ang mga Pilipino sa tuloy-tuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin. Read more »

Atrasadong ayuda sa 'apektado ng TRAIN,' pinuna ng ilang senador

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 12:49 AM

Dismayado ang ilang senador sa atrasadong distribusyon ng P200 kada buwan na unconditional cash transfer na tulong sana sa mahihirap na pamilyang apektado ng TRAIN law. Read more »

8,994 iskolar ng DOST, may free tuition, roundtrip pasahe, allowance na P7,000

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 08:23 PM

Mayroon din silang book allowance, P.E. clothing allowance, at sasagutin din ang isang roundtrip na pamasahe nila kada taon kung ang estudyante'y mag-aaral sa labas ng kaniyang probinsiya. Read more »

31 pampublikong eskuwelahan, di kasama sa free tuition

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 09:23 PM

Ayon sa CHED, 31 local universities and colleges ang hindi napabilang sa listahan dahil ang ilan sa kanila'y hindi nakapagpasa ng rekisito sa komisyon. Read more »

Ilang panuntunan kapalit ng libreng matrikula, kinontra

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 07:55 PM

Kinondena ng ilang youth at student group nitong Huwebes ang ilang panuntunang inilabas ng CHED kapalit ng pagbibigay ng libreng edukasyon sa mga pampublikong eskuwelahan at unibersidad. Read more »

Libreng matrikula, ipatutupad simula Hunyo sa mga pampublikong eskuwelahan at unibersidad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 08:49 PM

Sa papasok na academic year sa Hunyo, mararamdaman na ng mga estudyante at magulang ang epekto ng pagpapatupad sa batas na nagbibigay ng libreng edukasyon. Read more »

Labor groups want P500 monthly subsidy for minimum wage earners

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 01:15 AM

Labor groups continue to push for their proposed P500 monthly subsidy for minimum wage workers.  Read more »

DOLE, OK sa P100-P200 buwanang ayuda sa kumikita ng minimum

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 08:46 PM

Nasa P100 hanggang P200 ang balak ipanukala ng DOLE na buwanang ayuda sa mga manggagawang sumasahod ng minimum wage bilang agapay sa epekto ng TRAIN law. Read more »