The labor and social welfare departments admit in a Senate hearing on Monday, February 3, no official list exists to determine who qualifies as beneficiaries of the controversial Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program or AKAP.
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00:00The Labor and Social Welfare Departments admit in a Senate hearing on Monday, Feb. 3,
00:05no official list exists to determine who qualifies as beneficiaries of the controversial Ayude sa Kaposangkita program, or ACAP.
00:12ACAP, a one-time cash assistance program administered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development,
00:17gives up to P5,000 to workers earning below the minimum wage.
00:21In the hearing, Sen. Aimee Marcos calls out DSWD and DOLE officials
00:26for lacking a clear list of beneficiaries that involves billions of pesos in public funds.
00:31She also says the criteria for beneficiaries were vague,
00:34with only workers affected by inflation or earning below the minimum wage qualifying.
00:39Meantime, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong raises concerns about the ACAP's similarities to pork barrel
00:45and notes it is plagued with many irregularities.
00:48President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had placed the P26 billion ACAP budget for 2025 under conditional implementation.