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DSWD Field Office (FO) XII reported that five centenarians were the latest recipient of the government’s P100,000 cash incentive as provided under Republic Act No. 10868.
Regional Director Cezario Joel Espejo noted that since 2016, they have disbursed P56.5 million for the cash incentives of 565 centenarians in region.
RA No. 10868 entitles all Filipinos who have reached 100 years old and above, whether residing in the Philippines or abroad to receive a cash gift amounting to P100,000 and a Letter of Felicitation signed by the President of the Philippines.
Espejo said in 2016, a total of 314 centenarians received their incentives; 69 in 2017; 73 in 2018; 50 in 2019; and 54 in 2020.
Mayor Isko Moreno
Looking back on the year that was, it can be surmised that if there is anything good that the pandemic was able to do, it was to bring out the best in all of us and I can particulary say so in the case of the city officials, employees, and residents of Manila.
In the case of my beloved Manilans, they were and still are able to prove that they can follow rules to the letter and make the necessary sacrifices, if doing so would benefit the country as a whole. This came to the fore in the case of lockdowns and following mandated health protocols and they do make me proud.