THE CITY government of Zamboanga has for the first time distributed cash incentives to hundreds of elderly residents as part of a program pursuant to the Ordinance 539 which provides benefits to octogenarian or those who are 80-years old and nonagenarian or 90-years old.
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| Senior citizens who received their cash gift from the Climaco administration. (CSWDO) |
For centenarians or those who are 100-years old, they will receive P50,000 cash incentive which is the local government’s counterpart to the DSWD’s P100,000 cash grant.
It was also the first time in Zamboanga’s history and the latest benefit package for senior citizens by the Climaco administration, said City Social Welfare and Development Officer Socorro Rojas.
She said a total of 437 senior citizens across the city received P20,000 which they can use to buy basic necessities such as medicines. The pay-out, she said, began January 18 until February 1.
Councilwoman Josephine Pareja, who authored the ordinance, was also present during the pay-out together with Rojas and Vice Mayor Rommel Agan, Arturo Onrubia, the focal person for senior citizens; and officers from the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines in Zamboanga. (Zamboanga Post)
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