The Philippine government, for lack of funds, may have difficulty in giving the doubled monthly social pension to all four million indigent senior citizens next year.
Because of this, Senator Imee Marcos suggested to the National Commission on Senior Citizens to focus in giving the social pension
(File photo) MANILA - The National Commission on Senior Citizens (NCSC) still sees a need to accelerate Covid-19 vaccine coverage among the elderly, especially those in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). NCSC Chairperson Franklin Quijano acknowledged how Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among senior citizens has mounted, but noted that more effort should be exerted in increasing vaccination rates in the BARMM. "Actually [there is] a lot of cooperation, except that there are certain areas; ang una nito is iyong BARMM. Iyong BARMM ay kinakailangan pa talagang kampanyahan (the first is BARMM. We still need to boost our campaign in BARMM)," Quijano in a Laging Handa public briefing on Tuesday. In July, the Department of Health (DOH) announced that the BARMM has the lowest Covid-19 vaccination coverage of the elderly in the country. "We hope that there's going to be a joint effort between the BARMM government, the national government and the different
A ranking member of the House of Representatives is pushing for an investigation on the alleged ineffective leadership of National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) Chairman Franklin Quijano.
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Quijano was the subject of a privilege speech delivered by Senior Ci
MANILA The National Commission on Senior Citizens (NCSC) on Thursday announced that the increase in the monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens could be enforced starting January 2023. During the Laging Handa public briefing, NCSC chairperson Franklin Quijano said Congress would first have to approve the budgetary requirement for the…
(File photo) MANILA - The National Commission on Senior Citizens (NCSC) on Thursday announced that the increase in the monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens could be enforced starting January 2023. During the Laging Handa public briefing, NCSC chairperson Franklin Quijano said Congress would first have to approve the budgetary requirement for the new law, which raises the monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens from PHP500 to PHP1,000. "Ang effectivity natin is sa 2023 kasi we are in the middle of the year, eh hindi naman puwedeng lumabas kaagad iyong pera kung walang budget. At kung maipapalabas naman, dapat may budgetary process iyan, which Congress will have to approve (The effectivity is in 2023 because we are in the middle of the year, and this cannot be released immediately, especially if we do not yet have budget. If it will be released, there should be a budgetary process, which Congress will have to approve)," Quijano said. "Nakikita po n