MANILA, Philippines — The contentious Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) has been restored in the bicameral conference committee's approved version of the 2025 national budget. The AKAP ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Friday said it is up to members of Congress to decide whether or not they ...

MANILA, Philippines — At least two lawmakers have lamented the removal of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) in the 2026 proposed national budget from the executive, saying that it could ...

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 ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Senator Imee Marcos has urged her brother, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to make a thorough review of the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos maintained on Thursday that senators were unaware of the P26.7 billion Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) line item inserted in the 2024 budget. In an ...

The Senate previously deleted funding for the pet project of Speaker Romualdez in its version of the budget bill, after Senator Imee Marcos moved to reallocate funding to another DSWD program MANILA, ...