In the third quarter of 2024, 293,923 indigent senior citizens in the region have already received a total of PHP 9,000 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 7 – Central Visayas. DSWD 7 targets to deliver 100% of the increased stipend of PHP 1,000 to 299,737 by the end of the continue reading : DSWD’s increased social pension benefits over 299k seniors

Beneficiaries of the Social Pension program of DSWD can now receive their stipend monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly instead of the previous per semester payout. The new frequencies of payout came after Secretary Rex Gatchalian’s directive to all the field offices to follow and use the new distribution schedule to ensure that the beneficiaries receive their continue reading : Social Pension program introduces new schedule of payout

About 181,044 beneficiaries in Central Visayas, or 60.52% of the 299,737 target beneficiaries, have already received the increased social pension stipend for the first semester using the fund transfer payout scheme based on April 2024 data. The increased stipend of Php 1,000 released on a semestral basis prompted DSWD to fast-track distribution using either the continue reading : Social Pension starts 1K pension distribution to seniors using fund transfers to LGUs

In 2023, some 299,737 poor senior citizens in the Central Visayas region received a PHP 500 monthly stipend from the Social Pension program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development that helped them with their need for maintenance medicine or food subsistence. With the implementation of Republic Act 11916, the program provides a 100% continue reading : Social pension introduces fund transfer to LGUs; fast tracks increased stipend

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 7 – Central Visayas reported that 299,737 indigent senior citizens received a Php 500 monthly stipend in 2023 through the social pension program of the agency. Php 1.8 billion was released to pay 100% of the target number of senior citizens in the region. DSWD continue reading : Government’s social pension benefits 299,737 seniors in Central Visayas in 2023; stipend will increase in 2024