MANILA—Elderly residents in the country’s capital city will see their monthly allowance from the city government doubled starting next year. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna on Thursday signed Ordinance 9081, increasing the monthly cash benefit of the city’s senior citizens from the present P500 to P1,000 effective January 2025.
MANILA—Elderly residents in the country’s capital city will see their monthly allowance from the city government doubled starting next year.
“Our grandfathers and grandmothers do not fail in asking for a hike in their allowance. Now, we have doubled it,” she said. Present during the signing of the ordinance were its principal authors Councilors Philip Lacuna, Fa Fugoso, Uno Lim, Nino Dela Cruz, Jong Isip, Rod Lacsamana, Maile Atienza, Macky Lacson, Lei Lacuna, Charry Ortega, and Marjun Isidro, as well as Office of Senior Citizens’ Affairs chief Elinor Jacinto and Secretary to the Mayor Marlon Lacson.
Isip, meanwhile, noted that with these provisions of the Constitution and the Local Government Code , it is ensured that the elderly are accorded primordial opportunity to have access to essential goods, and health and social services based on their needs.
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