GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – Marlito Soriano could not believe his dreams to go to the Land of the Free and Brave will come true. The 17 year old valedictorian graduate of New Society National High School here, a self-confessed poor B’laan native, is flying to United States of America on September to study accountancy at continue reading : From Gensan to America with hope

They call us the lower class, the twerps, a burden to the government. They dub us dependents, supposedly merely after government doles. They call us the poorest of the poor, the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Let me tell you people, we are less fortunate but we are not stupid. Yes, we continue reading : I’m a 4Ps scholar

KORONADAL CITY — Responding to news articles citing the findings of the 2013 Annual Audit Report of the Commission on Audi on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that answers and clarifications to the audit observations have already been submitted to the continue reading : DSWD resolves COA findings on CCT, maintain auditors only seeking documentation