Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto examines the P104.01 billion proposed budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for 2016, which includes the P62.7 billion allocation for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman explains that while the 4Ps budget saw only a negligible increase of 0.5 percent, the agency’s overall proposed budget had actually decreased by 3.76 percent, or P4 billion, from the previous year. (photos by Alex Nuevaespana of PRIB)