The AKAP is flawed from the beginning. It just sprung up in the bicameral conference committee on the 2024 budget. It was not part of the public deliberations on the budget, neither in the House ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite criticisms, the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) was able to help almost five million near-poor Filipinos, or those under lower middle-income status ...

MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers believe that while the controversial Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) has room for improvement, it is an important government program as it not only ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will come up with a real-time monitoring mechanism of its Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita (Akap) program fund and its ...

Controversial cash aid Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program or AKAP, the Local Adaptation to Water Access-Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished project ...

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 ...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has exempted another P12 billion worth of Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) funding from the election spending ban for Eleksyon 2025. According to a ...

A Jan. 25 to 31 survey conducted by the OCTA Research group found that 79 percent of the respondents were aware of AKAP, a financial assistance program implemented by the Department of Social ...

This approval follows an earlier exemption granted by Comelec, which covered P882 million worth of AKAP funds along with other DSWD programs. Under AKAP, qualified beneficiaries may receive ...

Politicians and materials linking them to the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program are now banned in AKAP distribution activities. The Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jet that went missing past ...