BATANGAS City: Outgoing Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto appealed to her provincemates here for the election of Liberal Party standard bearers Manuel Roxas 2nd and running mate Leni Robredo for the continuity of government programs, especially the enactment of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) law for the poor.
Santos-Recto, wife of Senator Ralph Recto, was referring to the government’s flagship anti-poverty strategy locally known as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), which grants at least P1,400 to each of the poorest of the poor households provided that they comply with conditions promoting human development goals, namely having their children attend school 85 percent of the time, pregnant mothers having checkups at state-run health units, deworming sessions for children and attending family development sessions, among others.
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