A LAWMAKER from Bicol appealed to senators to approve before the end of the 19th Congress the measure that aims to grant social pensions to all senior citizens.
"I am appealing to our senators to pass this proposed universal monthly pension, equivalent to an initial P500 and then bumped up to at least P1,000 per beneficiary within five years after this program's full implementation, as such financial aid will help all elderly Filipinos, and not just our indigent senior citizens, cope with the ever-rising cost of essential food items, utilities and medicines," Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. said Sunday.
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