{"id":20752,"date":"2014-08-05T11:08:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T03:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=20752"},"modified":"2014-08-05T11:08:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T03:08:36","slug":"palace-open-to-inquiry-on-conditional-cash-transfer-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/05\/palace-open-to-inquiry-on-conditional-cash-transfer-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace open to inquiry on Conditional Cash Transfer, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11549\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edwin-Lacierda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11549\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edwin-Lacierda-300x190.png\" alt=\"Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda. Screenshot from May 14 press briefing.\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edwin-Lacierda-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edwin-Lacierda-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edwin-Lacierda.png 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda. Screenshot from May 14 press briefing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang is open to any congressional probe on the effectiveness of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, said Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Lacierda was commenting on reports that Senator Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr. is seeking for a review of the CCT program to see if it has helped poverty alleviation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The Palace Spokesman said the CCT program provides a bridge between that stage when the poorest of the poor have nothing and the time when they find employment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKaya pumapasok ang gobyerno, kaya tinatawag itong intervention, pumapasok ang pamahalaan para hanapin sila at bigyan sila ng kapasidad umangat sa kanilang stage level ngayon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lacierda explained that the \u201cpoorest of the poor\u201d are identified through a National Household Targeting Survey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay survey na ginagawa, ina-identify natin sa bawat rehiyon kung sino ang dapat sumali diyan. May mga qualifications ito,\u201d he said, noting that choosing the CCT beneficiaries is not based on recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Lacierda said the government provides them livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor instance, we give them Php10,000 to start a business. No interest, no collateral, and payable in two years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure the success of the CCT program, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) monitors the beneficiaries if they do send their children to school and give them proper health care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKapag tumanggap ka ng CCT, kailangan mag-aral at pumasok sa eskwela ang iyong mga anak. Kaya nga ito tinatawag na conditional. Hindi ito ibibigay lang sa\u2019yo at bahala ka na. May monitoring na ginagawa ang DSWD,\u201d he said, adding that those who do not comply are taken out of the program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u201cTo a large extent, it will be criminal for us not to help the poorest of the poor. That is our commitment\u2014that no one should be left behind,\u201d Lacierda said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang is open to any congressional probe on the effectiveness of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, said &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":11549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[7091,4154],"class_list":["post-20752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-conditional-cash-transfer","tag-palace","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}