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Some 4.1 million indigent senior citizens will each receive P12,000 in social pension this year with the full implementation of Republic Act 11916, Senator Sonny Angara said. As the Chairman of the Committee on Finance that went over the 2023 national budget, Angara said a total P50 billion was provided under the P5.268 trillion General […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a measure seeking to provide a pension program to retired farmers, agricultural workers, and fishermen whose livelihoods have been most severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lapid, whose priority measures in the 19th Congress focused on social programs for the poor, filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 1230 establishing a farmers’ […]
For most individuals, hitting the age of 60 means enjoying the rest of your life, free from work and stress. But not everyone is as lucky. Citing a study by the Coalition of Services of the Elderly, Senator Sonny Angara noted that more than half of the country’s senior citizens do not receive any form […]