Manila, Aug. 4 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is in talks with the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development to revisit the law on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for possible amendments.

The enhancement of the 4Ps is aligned with the instructions of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 28 to amend Republic Act 11310, otherwise known as the 4Ps Law.

"We know that the 4Ps program is the country's flagship anti-poverty program. It's really meant to break intergenerational poverty. It's an investment to human capital. It's something that the Department has been working on for quite some time, and admittedly, there must b...