Bayan Muna Party List Representative Carlos Zarate called for an increase in the social pension for elderly people on Thursday, September 30. Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate During the House of Representatives' deliberation on the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) proposed 2022...
The House of Representatives on Monday, August 2, approved on final reading the bill increasing the social pension of indigent senior citizens. (MARK BALMORES/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Voting 225-0, the Lower House approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 9459, which seeks to expand the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, June 23, that almost 2 million indigent senior citizens or nearly half of the 3.8 million targeted beneficiaries have so far received their entitled social pension. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) The DSWD assured the public that...
The Department of National Defense (DND) urged lawmakers on Monday, June 21, to effect necessary adjustments on the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension system, including the provision of a separate fund for it as it is bound to collapse in the years to come if the ballooning amount of...
Senator Leila de Lima questioned on Saturday, June 5, the move of the House of Representatives to include a P54.6-billion allocation for pension and gratuity fund of uniformed personnel in the proposed Bayanihan 3 law. Senator Leila de Lima (REUTERS) De Lima, chairperson of the Senate social...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is seeking a P500 increase in the current monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III Sotto on Thursday, May 27, filed Senate Bill No. 2243, to amend the Senior Citizens Act (Republic Act No. 7432) and...
