DSWD urged to make accounting of CCT fund

MANILA, Philippines - Opposition lawmakers urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to conduct a monthly accounting of its disbursements from the P22-billion conditional cash transfer (CCT) fund.                                        

In a statement read for the House minority bloc, Deputy Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said the DSWD report should include detailed information about the cash transfer recipients.                                                                                   

 “It is important that the beneficiaries and their location be specified so these could be verified,” he said.                      

There have been reports that the program has many fake recipients.