DSWD: ‘Unlisted’ paid 4Ps recipients in COA report all accounted for

THE DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday clarified that the so-called “unlisted” beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from 2020 to 2022, as per Commission on Audit 2023 report, were all accounted for.

DA eyes 'Rice for All' launch, P29 expansion on Friday

THE DEPARTMENTR of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said they are eyeing to launch the Rice for All program on Friday to benefit the general population, with its initial target price range set at PHP45 per kilogram to PHP48/kg. of mixed imported and local well-milled rice.

DSWD calls for “self-sufficiency’ of 4Ps beneficiaries

THE DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program-National Program Management Office (4Ps-NPMO), is urging 4Ps beneficiaries to “actively play their part” in the overall effort to fight poverty by aspiring for self-sufficiency.

PBBM OKs inclusion of pregnant, lactating women to 4Ps grant expansion

PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday approved the proposal to expand the coverage of the government‘s conditional cash grants to the poorest and vulnerable sectors, by including pregnant and lactating women to ensure the health of children in their first 1,000 days.

DBM approves 4K contractual jobs in DSWD for 4Ps implementation

THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the creation of over 4,000 contractual positions for the different field offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure the effective implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

PBBM’s anti-poverty programs, efforts improving lives of Filipinos

A RECENT OCTA Research survey showing a notable decrease in self-rated poverty and hunger among Filipino families is a clear indication that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s anti-poverty programs and efforts are effectively reaching and improving the lives of Filipinos, Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Tuesday.

C. Visayas 4Ps families use POS for cash grant transactions

BENEFICIARIES OF the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Central Visayas can use cash grants from the government through point of sale (POS) terminals, a social welfare official said Thursday.

Solon wants inflation-adjusted hikes in 4Ps cash grants

A PARTY-LIST lawmaker on Thursday recommended inflation-adjusted increases on the cash grants for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries.

4Ps cash card pawning alarms DSWD

CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vows to strengthen its partnership with local governments to put a stop to the pawning of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) cash card.

Cebuanos share how 4Ps helped uplift their lives

CEBU CITY – Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) swore how they overcame hardships through the national government aid program that has helped them send their children to college and uplift their standard of living.

DSWD removes 1.3 million people from 4Ps

AT LEAST 1.3 million poor Filipinos who are beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program were taken out from the 4Ps, said Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles.

DILG wants to slash 4Ps to encourage mass vaccination

THE DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has proposed to withhold a portion of the benefits of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) as one of several suggested measures to ramp up vaccination nationwide in order to reach herd immunity before the end of the year.

Thank you DSWD!

MAYOR BENG Climaco praised the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for its continuing support to the humanitarian and pro-poor programs of the local government.

Funds for anti-Covid vaccines ready

PRESIDENT DUTERTE assured the public that the government has money for the acquisition of Russian and Chinese vaccines for the coronavirus disease.

Sulu islanders want out of 4Ps program

SULU – Residents and town officials of the island of Pata have assailed the Ministry of Social Services and Development for its alleged failure to properly release the money to the beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer program called 4Ps or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. 

Efficient payment scheme awaits 4Ps beneficiaries

INSTEAD OF WAITING in long lines to receive over-the-counter or OTC payments, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps beneficiaries will now own cash cards for easier and more efficient transactions, the Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSW) said.

DSWD said it targets to complete the more efficient delivery of payments by December this year and ensure financial inclusion of the poor and it also contemplates converting existing cash cards accounts to transaction accounts. “We will also explore new financial technologies and infrastructures for the efficient payment systems,” DSWD Undersecretary Camilo Gudmalin said.

Apart from the payment process, the DSWD has also looked into upgrading its compliance verification process via working with the Department of Education to link the information systems to fully automate the compliance verification system. “We will just maintain the learner reference number of students and link up with DepEd to digitally pull up their enrolment and attendance data,” Gudmalin said.

These and more improvements are expected after President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11310 which aims to institutionalize 4P’s, the government’s national poverty reduction strategy that provides conditional cash transfer to poor households for a maximum of seven years.

“The State shall promote a just and dynamic social order thereby uplifting its citizens and marginalized sectors from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and improved quality of life for all,” the law reads.

The law mandates the DSWD to use a standardized targeting system to identify, select and revalidate qualified 4Ps beneficiaries every three years. Eligible for the program includes farmers, fishermen, homeless families, indigenous peoples, and those in the informal settler sector and those in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas including those in areas without electricity.

Under the law, the government will give a monthly cash grant of not lower than P300 per child enrolled in day care centers and elementary programs for 10 months of the year; P500 per child enrolled in junior high school, and P700 per child enrolled in senior high school. A health and nutrition grant not lower than P750 per month for a maximum of 12 months per year shall also be extended by the government to the 4Ps beneficiaries.

It will be a fixed amount and does not depend on the number of family members. The families eligible for cash grants must be classified as “poor and near poor,” have members aged zero to 18 years old or members pregnant at the time of registration, and willing to comply with the 4Ps conditions. (Christine Cudis)

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'Pantawid Pamilya' beneficiaries to get national cards

SOME 7 MILLION Filipinos, who are mostly beneficiaries of the government’s cash transfer program, including indigenous peoples (IPs), will be the initial holders of the national ID.

 

National Statistician and Civil Registrar General of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Lisa Grace Bersales, said the Philippine Identification System Act, which was signed into law on August 6, 2018, establishes a central database for all Filipinos.

 

She said under the 2018 national budget, the national ID system has been allocated a P2-billion fund, which was included in the PSA budget while its funding under the proposed 2019 national budget amounts to P2.1 billion. Bersales said the national ID system “will give dignity to our people. and it is something that we really need to do to our people,” she said, citing that to date, about 7 percent of Filipinos do not have birth certificates while about 66 percent of deceased Filipinos do not have death certificates.

 

She said most of those who do not have death certificates are Muslims, whose tradition calls for the dead to be buried within 24 hours after death, and those who are living in far-flung areas.

 

She added the national ID system cannot address this issue but it can do something with the issue of having their birth registered. 

 

For the implementation of the national ID, Bersales said they are now working with the Philippine Postal Corporation for the proof of concept. “We already have a design of concept. We will test it starting January (2019),” Bersales said, noting that the procurement of the system to be used will be done in June next year, ideally through a competitive bidding, while the roll-out of the IDs will start by September next year or a year after the measure was signed into law.

 

Bersales said they target to issue IDs to all living Filipinos by 2023. For babies, the National Statistician said they need to be registered while biometrics is eyed to be done when they are already five years old or before they start formal schooling or age of late teens.

 

She also said they plan to do a privacy impact assessment and a vulnerability test while in the process of doing the proof of concept.

 

She added that while “we can never be 100 percent sure” on the security of the national ID, the PSA will work with the Department of Information and Technology, the National Privacy Commission, the National ID Council, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank to ensure that data collected by the agency will be safe. “We are doing our best to do the data privacy by design,” she said, adding that data to be gathered are similar to those asked by social media groups. (Joann Villanueva)

 

 

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