SOCIAL PENSION PAYOUT. An indigent senior citizen (right) receives a cash grant handed over by a social welfare worker in Soccsksargen (Region 12) in this undated photo. On Tuesday (Feb. 22, 2022), the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 12 commenced this year's handing out of financial grants to indigent elders across the region this year. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Balanza / DSWD-12) KORONADAL CITY - Special disbursing officers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Soccsksargen (Region 12) on Tuesday started releasing the social pension of indigent senior citizens across the region. DSWD-12 Director Restituto Macuto said instead of the bi-annual schedule that has been practiced in the previous years, the cash grant will now be released every three months. "This is to cater to the daily subsistence and health needs of the senior citizens," Macuto said in a statement. He added that every quarter, each social pension beneficiary will