In a bid to avoid complaints of politicking, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Sunday said that the government was formulating guidelines for the controversial cash assistance program Ayuda ...

MANILA, Philippines — A House leader insisted on Tuesday, December 17, that the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program or AKAP is not a form of “pork barrel.” In a chance interview, Rep. Jil Bongalon (Ako ...

"Akap represents a resurgence of the pork barrel system, which was struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court," FFW president and senatorial candidate Sonny Matula said. The Akap program is ...

MANILA, Philippines — Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy Co has held the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) — a form of assistance to lower middle income families — in high regard, claiming it is an example ...

I am not a clairvoyant. The quatrains of Nostradamus sometimes engage me more because I do not find meanings to his words no matter how I try. The word meteorologist cannot attach to me also for I do ...