Latest in financial assistanceThe Aksyon Fund—a dedicated legal, medical, and financial assistance fund for overseas Filipino workers—was launched for the first time in 2023 under the Marcos administration, with no equivalent program ever existing under the defunct Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) or any…
Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso on Wednesday lauded President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for continuously looking after the people of Manila, as the President personally distributed ₱20,000 scholarships to 4,426 graduating college students from the city’s six districts at the Rizal…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. wants five graduating college students in every barangay across the country to each receive ₱20,000 in scholarship assistance, covering the non-tuition costs that continue to push near-graduates out of school despite the government’s free tuition law. The Office…
The Marcos administration is rolling out ₱200,000 in financial assistance to each of the country’s 42,000 barangays under the “Bawat Barangay, Makikinabang” program, funded through the Social Civic Projects Fund of the Office of the President. Undersecretary Georgina Hernandez Yang of the Office…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the release of ₱200,000 to every barangay in the country under the program “Bawat Barangay, Makikinabang,” with the Office of the President targeting full distribution to all 42,000 barangays nationwide by June 30. Undersecretary Georgina Hernandez Yang…
Government workers with outstanding GSIS loans may soon receive a welcome financial boost — the state pension fund is offering to credit the equivalent of three months’ loan amortizations directly to their accounts in one lump sum, for those who choose to apply. The Government Service Insurance…
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