“In coordination with the local government units, local social welfare and development offices and the office of senior citizens affairs (OSCA), the department has so far validated a total of 10,437 senior citizens who are qualified to receive the monthly social pension this year,” reveals assistant director Priscilla N. Razon of DSWD.
“Davao Del Sur [including Davao City] has 3,823, Compostela Valley has 2218, Davao Del Norte with 2417 and Davao Oriental, 1979. For this number of recipients, we disbursed some P 31,272,000 to cover the pension from January to June this year,” Razon said.
DSWD XI records show that in 2011, there were only 7347 recipients for the program. An increase of over three thousand is due to the new enrollees who qualified beginning this year. For easy monitoring and tracking, the OSCA and the local social welfare offices maintain and ensure an updated Social Pension list in every barangay, municipality and city. Hence, statistics may change based on reports on age qualification and mortality incidence among potential and existing pensioners. [DSWD/Carmela Cadigal-Duron]
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