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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expended considerable political capital after he ignored calls to scrap the controversial Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) and instead injected it with P26 ...

SPEAKER Martin Romualdez and his allies are scrambling to defend and justify the P26-billion Ayuda Para sa Kapos Ang Kita Program (AKAP) as worthy of inclusion in the P6.33-trillion national ...

SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Friday that tighter guidelines for the implementation of the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP) Program were needed to ensure judicious ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is tightening its guidelines in implementing the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP) Program to ensure that it will not be used for anyone’s ...

The proposed 2025 national budget includes an allocation of P26 billion for the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program, also known as Akap. This decision has sparked a heated debate surrounding fiscal ...

MANILA, Philippines — Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian has assured the public that politicians would not have a hand in implementing the P26-billion aid program of the Department of Social ...