‘Pantawid’ is survey-backed

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 02/11/2023

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is the government’s first true venture into solving the great poverty problem by identifying and targeting poor people to receive benefits directly, rather than by assuming that much benefit from untargeted…

Master lists of 4Ps beneficiaries now posted in CV

Futch Anthony Inso 02/07/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The City and Municipal Action Team (C/MAT) has already posted the master lists of potential Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in different areas in Central Visayas. C/MAT is composed of the Department of Social…

DSWD-7 to register new 4Ps beneficiaries in CV

Futch Anthony Inso 02/01/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) will register a total of 90,242 new Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in Central Visayas. These new 4P beneficiaries are replacements to those…

DSWD-7: 23,417 beneficiaries in CV to exit 4Ps

Futch Anthony Inso 11/06/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 23,415 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in Central Visayas will exit the program in 2023 due to natural attrition because they no longer have any monitored children who are 0-18 years…

DSWD-7: 82,000 households validated as 4Ps beneficiaries, ‘self-sufficient’ revalidation continues

Futch Anthony Inso 10/02/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — At least 82,000 households or 99 percent of the 82,922 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) households have been revalidated as beneficiaries of the program by the  DSWD-7 or the Department of Social Welfare…

267 4Ps beneficiaries in Bohol graduate from program 

Wenilyn Sabalo 09/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 267 household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Bohol have graduated from the program this September 2022. In a statement, the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central…

DSWD-7 conducts revalidation of 4Ps members

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has started conducting household validation of the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The agency, in a statement, said its…

4Ps recipients, gov’t scholars not included in DSWD cash aid for students — Tulfo

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 08/20/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo on Saturday said that Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries and government scholars are not qualified for the agency’s cash aid, and those who received it should refund the…

Education and the state of the Filipino family

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 08/14/2022

I went to a public elementary school in Pampanga in the 1950s. As I recall, the language that all my early grade teachers used was Kapampangan. My classmates and I learned how to read and write in…

DSWD-7: Listahan shows 453,961 poor families in Central Visayas

Futch Anthony Inso 08/07/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7), through the National Household Targeting System (NHTS) or also known as “Listahanan,” has listed 453,961 poor families for their Listahanan 3 in…

38K 4Ps beneficiaries in Central Visayas to exit program next month

Futch Anthony Inso 07/26/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Close to 38,000 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in Central Visayas are set to exit the program in August this year. This was confirmed by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7…

4Ps beneficiaries told to update information to avoid getting delisted

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is appealing for inactive Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in the region to update their program information to…

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