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SEN. Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to address the reported 466,000 backlogs in the settlement of pensions for indigent senior citizens.
Reaching the age of 60 is a milestone that some of us are looking forward to but it’s also a reality dreaded by many. For people who worked for most of their lives, reaching the age of retirement means a life without stress or pressure and enjoying the fruits of…
With the lapsing into law of a bill that increases the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens from P500 to P1,000, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto urged both the executive and legislative branches to find the P25 billion needed to make the bill’s promise into reality. Batangas Rep. Ral
(File photo) MANILA - Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto on Tuesday urged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to convene the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) to find the fiscal space to fund the new law increasing the monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens from PHP500 to PHP1,000. Recto made the call following reports that the bill doubling the social pension of indigent senior citizens lapsed into law on July 30. Recto said for this year, the Social Pension for Indigent Seniors Program covers 4,079,669 seniors, costing taxpayers PHP25.01 billion a...