4Ps issues

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines The Cordillera office of the Department of Social Welfare
and Deelopment !DSWD" here recentl# clarified iss$es raised a%ainst the list of
&eneficiaries of the %oernment's Panta(id Pamil#an% Pilipino Pro%ram !)Ps" (ho
(ere reported to &e not act$all# poor, sa#in% that the determination of the deserin%
families passes thro$%h strin%ent screenin% processes altho$%h admittin% there are
still loopholes in the process*
Based on the a%enc#'s report to +a#or +a$ricio G* Domo%an, onl# ,- o$t of the -.
reported rich &eneficiaries (ere fo$nd to &e financiall# capa&le (hile the rest (ere
delisted d$e to other reasons s$ch as transferrin% o$tside the cit#, no dependents
&elo( /) #ears old or hae alread# &een a &eneficiar# of the pro%ram in the preio$s
#ears*
The pro%ram, ho(eer, has &een 0$st critici1ed as a massie dole2o$t pro%ram
&# ne(spaper col$mnist Amado Doronila* The increase in the pro%ram3s f$ndin%,
anno$nced in A$%$st ,..4, (as also seen as a coer2$p in li%ht of the 5e Cir6$e
controers# &# Ba#an Part#list* There (as also the iss$e of the pro%ram not reachin%
some proinces, as complained &# Ta(i2Ta(i 7ep* 8$r 9aafar* DSWD
Secretar# :speran1a Ca&ral defends the pro%ram a%ainst this alle%ations &# sa#in%
that the )Ps pro%ram (as act$all# modeled after other conditional cash transfer
pro%rams of co$ntries li;e Bra1il and +e<ico* Accordin% to Ca&ral, the Bra1ilian
pro%ram too; /. #ears for the %oernment to see concrete lon%2term effects*
This Pro%ram tr$l# help those need# =ilipino people, or this is the (a# of the
%oernment to coer $p there irresponsi&le doin% >man# iss$es tells that this
pro%ram is not %ood eno$%h implementin% &eca$se of lac;in% of ;no(led%e that's
(h# man# pro&lems that the# enco$nter no(* Also the a%enc# appoint to this
pro%ram is not read# to implement it* As (hat I sa( on the teleision a doc$mentar#
report a&o$t this )p's it stated there, that not all the poor =ilipino %ies the chance to
&enefit this pro%ram those er# far proinces* B$t (h# those people (ho are in a
%ood conditions of liin% had a chance to aail this &enefit> It is $nfair to those
people (ho need it so m$ch*
Beca$se of lac; of ;no(led%e that's (h# this thin% is happened and also the
%oernment a%enc# (ho appoint to this pro%ram is not eno$%h ;no(led%e to
implement it (ell* If this Pro%ram implementin% (ell, those need# people (ill &e
happ# hain% this &enefits &eca$se (e ;no( the# help this so m$ch*
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