CCT STUDENT BENEFICARIES

These five kids are awardees from the Davao region's four provinces and Davao City for the Department of Social Welfare and Development's Pantawid Exemplary Child 2013. The DSWD program gives monthly cash grants of P 1,400 to school children's family as long as they perform well at school. A total of 192,881 households in Davao Region are beneficiaries. But a report from think-tank IBON Foundation questioned its effectivity in alleviating poverty, as they cited government audit that some P 4 billion of the program remained unliquidated and P 50 million were misspent on non-beneficiaries. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

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HONDA BIKES NO. 1

Yasushi Okamoto (center), president and general manager of Honda Philippines Inc., and Kaiser Yamashita (second, right), assistant vice president for sales and marketing, unveils new models of the XRM 125 series designed for on and off-roads suitable for Mindanao terrains. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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