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City Council decision to drop universal recycling program followed opposition from waste haulers

The recycling expansion was fully funded at no additional cost to the city. But it could have meant cost increases for trash ...

Tax scams through the years and what to know this year

The IRS outlines evolving tax scams, from unemployment fraud to social media tax “hacks," and warns taxpayers what to watch ...
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DSWD’s digitalization initiative advances social protection – report

SOCIAL PROTECTION. Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) social protection programs’ beneficiaries. The January 2026 report of the Digital Public Goods Alliance showed that the DSWD is ...
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Accelerating Impact: A Gender Lens on Adaptive Social Protection in the Sahel

The Sahel — considered to include Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal for the purpose of this study — is a complex environment with high rates of poverty and gender inequality ...
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How Innovations in Understanding Everyday Data Can Power More Effective Aid

Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent each year on social protection programs and humanitarian aid. How do governments determine who gets the support? Providing social protection transfers is one ...
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Latest surveys show DSWD programs for poor, hungry on track

PROGRAMS ON TRACK. Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) social protection programs’ beneficiaries. The DSWD on Tuesday (Jan. 20, 2026) said its programs to break intergenerational ...
Chicago Sun-Times

3 more CPD employees, including a sergeant, face firing for PPP loan fraud

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DCI launches digital identity interoperability standards for social protection

In financial development initiatives, the aim is to ensure benefits reach the right people while reducing duplication and fraud. Authorities are increasingly leveraging digital identification systems ...
The Washington Post

The lunacy of asking tourists to turn over their social media history

Your papers, please – and tweets, too. This could soon be a new requirement if you want to visit the United States. Customs and Border Protection filed notice this week that it plans to require ...
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FG, World Bank Commit To Expanding Social Protection

The Federal Government and the World Bank have reiterated their commitment to expanding social protection systems and economic opportunities for the poor and vulnerable citizens. The assurance was ...
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DSWD, UNDP kick off 1st Social Protection Statistics Conference

Metro Manila - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines and with support of the Global ...