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The national government has allocated a total of P49.8 billion for the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens under the 2025 National Expenditure Program , according to the Department of Budget and Management.
There are about 9.22 million senior citizens in the country, those age 60 and above, according to the 2020 census of the Philippine Statistics Authority . “We are only following the President’s directive to provide care and concern for our elderly. It is only right that these programs have enough funds so that our grandparents can get the benefits that are meant for them,” Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said.
Meanwhile, with the implementation of the expanded Centenarians Act, a total of P3 billion has been set aside to fund the P100,000 cash gift for Filipinos who reached the age of 100, as well as the additional P10,000 cash benefit to all Filipinos aged 80, 85, 90, and 95.
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