October 15, 2024
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Gatchalian has reiterated that the funding for the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) and Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICs) are sourced solely from the agency’s approved budget. “Again, let me just state for the record, wala hong pondo ang congressman . Yung ‘pondo ko,’ wala hong pondo ang congressman. These are department-disbursed funds,” Secretary Gatchalian told the members of the Senate Finance Committee during the deliberation of the agency’s proposed 2025 budget on Monday (October 14). This was in response to the statement of Zamboanga City 1st […]