Bill doubling indigent seniors’ monthly pension to P1,000 lapses into law

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The bill increasing the monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens from P500 to P1,000 is now a law, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva disclosed Tuesday.

Villanueva, sponsor of the measure in the 18th Congress, shared a copy of Malacanang’s letter signed by Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez, informing the Senate president that the bill has lapsed into law last July 30.Apart from the increase in the monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens, the law also provides options other than cash payout for the pension to reach the target beneficiary. The transaction fee, if any, shall not be charged to the beneficiary.

The measure also transfers the implementation, distribution, and management of the social pension for senior citizens from the Department of Social Welfare and Development to the National Commission of Senior Citizens within a period not exceeding three years.on third and final reading the proposed Act Increasing the Social Pension of Indigent Senior Citizens and Appropriating Funds Therefor.

 

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