MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved the pilot launch of the food stamp program that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is spearheading, Malacañang press briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez announced on Tuesday. The program's pilot will run on grants totaling US$3 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the French Development Agency, according to Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian. 'There is a provision to expand it.

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