The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 7 assured beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program for indigent senior citizens that implementation of the aid program will continue.

The DSWD-7 clarified that what it has transferred and will no longer implement is the responsibility of implementing the Centenarian Act of 2016 and its expanded version.

Starting 2025, the National Commission of Senior Citizens will bew tasked to implement the centenarian laws that grant PHP100,000 cash gift to persons who reached 100 years old.

The expanded version of the law provides for the grant of PHP10,000 cash gift to all senior citizens upon reaching milestone ages of 80, 85, 90 and 95.

The DSWD has reported that 1,023 centenarians in Central Visayas have been granted the PHP100 birthday gift from 2016 to 2024, costing government PHP102.3 million in funds.

Of the total number of recipients, 792 or 77 percent of the centenarians were females while 231 or 23 percent were males.

The transition in the implementation of various social welfare programs for senior citizens started this year with the DSWD divesting itself of responsibility in carrying out provisions of the centenarian laws.

The DSWD is also set to transfer to the NCSC the implementation of Republic Act 11916 or the law increasing the monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens from PHP500 to PHP1,000.

RA 11916 provides that the NCSC will be the sole implementor of the Social Pension Program with a period not exceeding three years from the effectivity of the law in 2023.

For 2025, the DSWD remains the agency tasked to carry out the provisions of RA 11916.

DSWD-7 Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero reported that in 2024, all 299,737 social pension beneficiaries enrolled in the program received their monthly stipend of PHP1,000 per month.

According to Lucero the DSWD will continue to implement the Social Pension program through direct payouts or fund transfers to local government units.

“There is no update yet on when DSWD will transfer the implementation of the Social Pension Program to the National Commission of Senior Citizens. For now, we will continue to be stewards of this program for the elderly,” she explained.The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 7 assured beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program for indigent senior citizens that implementation of the aid program will continue.

The DSWD-7 clarified that what it has transferred and will no longer implement is the responsibility of implementing the Centenarian Act of 2016 and its expanded version.

Starting 2025, the National Commission of Senior Citizens will bew tasked to implement the centenarian laws that grant PHP100,000 cash gift to persons who reached 100 years old.

The expanded version of the law provides for the grant of PHP10,000 cash gift to all senior citizens upon reaching milestone ages of 80, 85, 90 and 95.

The DSWD has reported that 1,023 centenarians in Central Visayas have been granted the PHP100 birthday gift from 2016 to 2024, costing government PHP102.3 million in funds.

Of the total number of recipients, 792 or 77 percent of the centenarians were females while 231 or 23 percent were males.

The transition in the implementation of various social welfare programs for senior citizens started this year with the DSWD divesting itself of responsibility in carrying out provisions of the centenarian laws.

The DSWD is also set to transfer to the NCSC the implementation of Republic Act 11916 or the law increasing the monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens from PHP500 to PHP1,000.

RA 11916 provides that the NCSC will be the sole implementor of the Social Pension Program with a period not exceeding three years from the effectivity of the law in 2023.

For 2025, the DSWD remains the agency tasked to carry out the provisions of RA 11916.

DSWD-7 Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero reported that in 2024, all 299,737 social pension beneficiaries enrolled in the program received their monthly stipend of PHP1,000 per month.

According to Lucero the DSWD will continue to implement the Social Pension program through direct payouts or fund transfers to local government units.

“There is no update yet on when DSWD will transfer the implementation of the Social Pension Program to the National Commission of Senior Citizens. For now, we will continue to be stewards of this program for the elderly,” she explained.The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 7 assured beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program for indigent senior citizens that implementation of the aid program will continue.

The DSWD-7 clarified that what it has transferred and will no longer implement is the responsibility of implementing the Centenarian Act of 2016 and its expanded version.

Starting 2025, the National Commission of Senior Citizens will bew tasked to implement the centenarian laws that grant PHP100,000 cash gift to persons who reached 100 years old.

The expanded version of the law provides for the grant of PHP10,000 cash gift to all senior citizens upon reaching milestone ages of 80, 85, 90 and 95.

The DSWD has reported that 1,023 centenarians in Central Visayas have been granted the PHP100 birthday gift from 2016 to 2024, costing government PHP102.3 million in funds.

Of the total number of recipients, 792 or 77 percent of the centenarians were females while 231 or 23 percent were males.

The transition in the implementation of various social welfare programs for senior citizens started this year with the DSWD divesting itself of responsibility in carrying out provisions of the centenarian laws.

The DSWD is also set to transfer to the NCSC the implementation of Republic Act 11916 or the law increasing the monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens from PHP500 to PHP1,000.

RA 11916 provides that the NCSC will be the sole implementor of the Social Pension Program with a period not exceeding three years from the effectivity of the law in 2023.

For 2025, the DSWD remains the agency tasked to carry out the provisions of RA 11916.

DSWD-7 Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero reported that in 2024, all 299,737 social pension beneficiaries enrolled in the program received their monthly stipend of PHP1,000 per month.

According to Lucero the DSWD will continue to implement the Social Pension program through direct payouts or fund transfers to local government units.

“There is no update yet on when DSWD will transfer the implementation of the Social Pension Program to the National Commission of Senior Citizens. For now, we will continue to be stewards of this program for the elderly,” she explained.