400 senior citizens to get P500 social pension
Posted on | Friday 25 March 2011 | No Comments
by Juliet Saley
BONTOC, Mt. Province, March 26 - About 400 senior citizens here will be receiving their P500 monthly social pension starting this month.
Erlinda Likigan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Mt. Province field office said there are 402 listed senior citizens in the province for the said program but are still subject for validation.
She said qualified to avail of this program are senior citizens aged 77 and above but priority is given to elders aged 80 years old and above who are frail, sickly, or with disability, and without pension or regular source of income, compensation or financial assistance from their relatives to support their basic needs, as determined by the DSWD.
The P500 monthly social pension is part of government’s efforts to provide and care for its elderly population as stated by Republic Act No. 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act.*(PIA-CAR/Mt. Province)
BONTOC, Mt. Province, March 26 - About 400 senior citizens here will be receiving their P500 monthly social pension starting this month.
Erlinda Likigan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Mt. Province field office said there are 402 listed senior citizens in the province for the said program but are still subject for validation.
She said qualified to avail of this program are senior citizens aged 77 and above but priority is given to elders aged 80 years old and above who are frail, sickly, or with disability, and without pension or regular source of income, compensation or financial assistance from their relatives to support their basic needs, as determined by the DSWD.
The P500 monthly social pension is part of government’s efforts to provide and care for its elderly population as stated by Republic Act No. 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act.*(PIA-CAR/Mt. Province)
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