THE European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) described as “entrenched and endemic” the vote-buying that took ...

DISTRIBUTION of any forms of financial assistance, locally known as “ayuda,” is prohibited 10 days before the May 12, 2025 ...

The Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday it will adhere to the ten-day ban on the distribution of all forms of assistance to be imposed by the Commission on Elections ahead of Eleksyon ...

DISTRIBUTION of any forms of financial assistance, locally known as “ayuda,” is prohibited 10 days before the May 12 national ...

The Philippines took a cue from Latin American and African countries when it launched its own conditional cash transfer (CCT) scheme in 2008. Under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps, the ...

A few days before election day in 2022, a sari-sari store in a province in Luzon, located beside a river, became a hit in an ...

After the May 12 midterm elections, party-list groups will no longer be allowed to have “ayuda-sounding” names, Commission on ...

MANILA, Philippines — The distribution of any form of financial aid or “ayuda” – even those earlier granted with exemptions – ...