Rising poverty, hunger mirror failed CCT — critics By Charlie V. Manalo 04/10/2011

PALACE CLAIMS 400,000 FAMILIES BENEFIT FROM CASH TRANSFER

Rising poverty, hunger mirror failed CCT — critics

By Charlie V. Manalo 04/10/2011

As critics of President Aquino spotlight the failure of his administration’s P21.5 billion conditional cash transfer (CCT) program after the recent Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showing an increase in the number of poor and hungry Filipinos, the Palace yesterday went on a publicity overdrive, saying the program is being stepped up and had claimed the CCT had covered 400,000 poor families.

Zambales Rep. Ma. Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay, however, said the SWS survey showing a consistent rise in the number of Filipinos growing hungry and poorer only shows the Aquino administration has failed to implement any concrete program that would uplift the livelihood of the people.

“This means that this administration has not implemented concrete programs to arrest unemployment, rising costs of commodities and services resulting to more hunger felt by the people,” Magsaysay said, adding that the administration’s conditional cash transfer program (CCT) which it lifted from the
Arroyo administration, was not as effective as they projected it to be..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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