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Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (English: Bridging Program for the Filipino Family), also known as 4Ps and formerly Bangon Pamilyang Pilipino, is a conditional cash transfer program of the Philippine government under the Department of Social Welfare and Development. [1]
Share of population in extreme poverty (1981–2019) In 2023, official government statistics reported that the Philippines had a poverty rate of 15.5%, [1] [2] (or roughly 17.54 million Filipinos), significantly lower than the 49.2 percent recorded in 1985 through years of government poverty reduction efforts. [3]
The government announced that it will provide a 5% annual interest to the beneficiaries of the low-cost housing program for 10 years. [5] In December 2023, Pag-IBIG approved ₱ 12 billion credit line for the National Housing Authority, which will finance the development of 9,110 housing units nationwide (4,111 units in Quezon City , 1,377 in ...
Today, Batangas City was branded as the North Korea of the Philippines because of propaganda that spread by Dimacuha of vote buying and epal tactics in giving ayudas, scholarship allowances of P4,000 to P6,000, and EBD or MAM Cards just to grab their votes and have to rule forever.
The resolution called on the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and other government agencies to address the housing gap by providing housing to the homeless population and to families living in informal settlements. [39] The department estimated the government's housing backlog at 6.5 million units in 2022. [40]
The agency, then known as POPCOM, was created in 1969 by virtue of Executive Order (EO) 171 [1] which established a 22-member Commission on Population. [2]Republic Act 6365, [3] or the Population Act of the Philippines, [4] was enacted into law by the Philippine Congress on August 16, 1971, which established the National Population Policy.
However, income tax also becomes a factor to income inequality because according to the Tax Management Association of the Philippines, Filipino workers pay the highest income tax in the entire Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. [69] An average Filipino worker is taxed 32% as long as he is earning more than the minimum wage.
The bill intends to provide universal access through government funding, complementing thus private sector initiatives for family planning services, such as those offered by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) which supports the Family Planning Organizations of the Philippines and the 97 organizations of the Philippine NGO ...