TACLOBAN CITY—The Borongan City government is doubling the monthly financial assistance of P500 for senior citizens starting in 2025, implementing a local ordinance approved last year. Authored by City Councilor Lyra Gel Agda Limbauan, the ordinance revised Section 4 of City Ordinance No.
The Borongan City government is doubling the monthly financial assistance of P500 for senior citizens starting in 2025, implementing a local ordinance approved last year.
Authored by City Councilor Lyra Gel Agda Limbauan, the ordinance revised Section 4 of City Ordinance No. 210 passed in 2012 that grants a monthly monetary allowance to eligible senior citizens in the city.“This increase in the monthly monetary allowance for our senior citizens has been approved through our continued efforts to promote their welfare. It is my way of fulfilling my promise to provide consistent support to our elders in the city,” Limbauan said in an online interview on Monday.
The author cited inflation as one of the major factors in the consideration to raise the monthly allowance of the elderly to P1,000.
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