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
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII started the first semester payout for the Social Pension Program for indigent senior citizens. The payout is coordinated with the local government units (LGUs). As of April 11, 2023, the DSWD Field Office VII has already disbursed a total of PHP 366,504,000.00 to the continue reading : DSWD-7 releases 2023 first semester social pension
The DSWD Field Office VII has started the distribution of social pension for indigent senior citizens for the first semester. Each beneficiary receives P3,000 per semester. DSWD-7 Regional Director Rebecca P. Geamala visited some towns in Negros Oriental that conducted the payout to check on the actual payout implementation. She urged the staff to ensure continue reading : DSWD distributes grant to Social Pensioners in Negros Oriental
A total of 112,515 indigent senior citizens in region VII have already received their social pension cash stipend from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII. As of November 4, 2020, the Field Office VII has already disbursed a total of Php 362,110,000.00 to the 112,515 indigent senior citizens who received continue reading : Social Pensioners receive 2nd semester cash stipend
The distribution this semester of the cash grants for the social pensioners in Central Visayas nears completion at 95.76% as of yesterday, June 11. This is equivalent to 265,055 beneficiaries that are indigent senior citizens who received their social pension which sums up to Php 813,837,000.00. Regional Director Rebecca Geamala said that those remaining 11,233 continue reading : First sem Social Pension distribution nears completion
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterates that beneficiaries of the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens who are sickly, frail, fragile, with disability are not required to personally claim their stipend during payout to avoid untoward incidents that may be detrimental to their well-being. According to the DSWD Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of continue reading : Sickly and fragile social pensioners not required to attend payout
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII has conducted the updating the information of the indigent senior citizens in the region who are included in the Social Pension program. The updating aims to gather new information from the existing beneficiaries of the social pension program. The Field Office started the updating in continue reading : DSWD-7 starts social pension updating