ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 has started cleaning the list of beneficiaries of its social pension program for senior citizens via barangay assemblies.
“We urge all social pensioners to participate in the assemblies,” said Regional Director Evelyn Macapobre.
Social pensioners get P500 monthly financial assistance.
Changes in the list of beneficiaries are likely due to the following factors:
* death of the beneficiary senior citizen
* change of residency
* beneficiary’s last known address is not anymore known for six months or during the conduct of validation (house visits)
* those receiving pension from the Government Service Insurance System, Social Security System, and Armed Forces and Police Mutual Benefit Association Inc. not qualified for the DSWD social pension
* those who have regular income or support from family members are not qualified for the DSWD social pension, too
Macapobre said only the qualified ones must be able to receive the pension.
As directed by President Rodrigo Duterte, she added, the distribution of the social pension is conducted every semester only. This means, a pensioner will receive P3,000 every payout./PN
