Several false posts about the social pension for indigent senior citizens have been circulating on social media. According to the law, eligible beneficiaries should receive P1,000.
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All senior citizens will automatically receive a P20,000 monthly social pension from the government.The claim was made in the title and thumbnail of a YouTube video posted on February 24 by a channel with 47,100 subscribers. As of writing, the video has 131,304 views, 4,700 likes, and 1,962 comments.Attention senior citizen! 20,000 pesos automatic basta ikaw ay nasa 60 year old pataas wala pipilin.
The video does not provide any concrete evidence to support its claim. Instead, the video features anwith United Senior Citizen Representative Milagros Magsaysay on February 10, 2024, talking about the senior citizens who are on the waiting list for the social pension program. In the interview, Magsaysay mentions that the P500 monthly allowance of pensioners was raised to P1,000. There’s no mention of a P20,000 monthly stipend in the video.
“The budget for social pension for indigent senior citizens will be doubled to P49.81 billion to cover the increased government monthly allowance of P1,000 for more than 4 million indigent senior citizens who are not part of the pension system,” Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah F.
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