As part of its initiatives to help improve the living condition of the elderly sector in the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) supported the call of various groups and individuals to expand the country’s Social Pension Program and amend the Republic Act No. 9994...
At least two senators have openly expressed their support for the renewed push to propose increased social protection for the elderly through the creation of a universal social pension for senior citizens. Detained Senator Leila de Lima said is imperative for the government to ensure that the...
A total of 8,716 indigent senior citizens in Pasay City will receive their social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development- National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR). According to Marilyn Penazo, officer- in-charge of the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), said 8,265 senior...
Over 3.2 million indigent senior citizens have received their social pension, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista said the number of beneficiaries of the agency’s Social Pension (SocPen) Program increased...
The Paranaque City government has started the distribution of birthday and Christmas gifts to about of 65,000 senior citizens from the city's 16 barangays on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Mar Jimenez, Public Information Office chief, said senior citizens aged 60 to 70 years old will receive P1,000 cash as a...
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...
