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Senator Bong Go expressed his support for the continuation and expansion of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program. Go reminded the Department of Social Welfare and Development during the Senate plenary deliberations for their proposed 2024 budget to ensure that BP2 beneficiaries receive all the support and assistance due to them in accordance with […]
During a public hearing on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) budget, Senator Bong Go expressed his strong support for the department’s financial allocation and took the opportunity to seek crucial updates on two major welfare programs: the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) program and the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Go acknowledged […]
The government pushes for reintegration interventions for beneficiaries of the “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa” (BP2) program once sent back to their respective home provinces. The BP2 program has been helping hundreds of family-beneficiaries through the whole-of-nation approaches by the program’s key agency implementers such as the National Housing Authority (NHA), Department of Transportation, Department of […]
The national government released recently the first tranche of the P25-million funding for the “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa” program (BP2) to the Lanao del Norte town of Kauswagan. Kauswagan Mayor Rommel Arnado, who received the initial P15 million funding, said the money would be used to construct the “Bagong Pag-asa Green Village” that would house […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has endorsed a much bigger outlay for the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in 2021 for the establishment of “mega-farms” nationwide, in step with his envisioned government strategy to energize Philippine agriculture and achieve food security, especially at this time of the prolonged coronavirus pandemic. During a recent hearing of the […]
The country’s largest business organization with a membership of 35,000 small, medium and large enterprises nationwide have given its full backing behind the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asainitiative of President Rodrigo Duterte, as it endorsed new legislation on township revitalization meant to finally decongest Metro Manila and create more jobs in rural communities amid the seemingly […]
At least 42 beneficiaries of the “Balik Probinsya, Balik Pag-asa” (BP2) program in Leyte have signified their interest to avail of the scholarship programs of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The move is part of the national government’s commitment to helping returning residents find new opportunities in the province after movement restrictions […]
Quirino Governor Dax Cua on Thursday appealed to the national government and lawmakers involved in the crafting of the 2021 national budget to increase public investments in regions outside of Metro Manila to spur economic development in the provinces and provide more economic opportunities for those who will avail of the government’s Balik Probinsya, Bagong […]
Bukidnon Governor Jose Zubiri has offered a vast vegetable production area in Barangay Miarayon in Talakag, Bukidnon as a proposed resettlement site for beneficiaries of the “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) program, an official said. In a Facebook post, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the area has an elevation of over 1,400 […]
Around 85,000 persons have already enrolled online under the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program as the government ramps up efforts to assist residents in Metro Manila to have a fresh start in their provinces, BP2 Council Executive Director Marcelino Escalada Jr. said. Escalada, who is also the general manager of the National Housing Authority […]