Government to increase grants of CCT beneficiaries

KORONADAL, Philippines – The central government is planning to increase the grants of beneficiaries under conditional cash transfer program, a senior government official said Monday. Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, regional director of Department of Social Welfare and Development, said due to swelling of food prices the administration of President Benigno Aquino III is planning to continue reading : Government to increase grants of CCT beneficiaries

Program transforming lives of village people in Mindanao

T’BOLI, South Cotabato—At the crack of dawn against the cold damp weather, trekking the seemingly never-ending steep slopes through trees and leech-infested streams of Tudok village proved a struggle for Leni Tahay, 25. Carefully trying to trace the correct route, Tahay beams at the thought of a future away from poverty that sunken the tribe continue reading : Program transforming lives of village people in Mindanao