The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas announced that over 1,000 centenarians have received cash gifts from 2016 to 2024. Starting this year, the implementation of the Centenarian Act of 2016 will be transferred to the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC). The law provides a P100,000 cash gift and a Presidential Letter of Felicitation for centenarians. An amended law also grants cash gifts to octogenarians and nonagenarians.
CEBU CITY—Over 1,000 centenarians in Central Visayas have received cash gifts from 2016 to 2024, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the region on Friday.
The law provides that any centenarian will get a cash gift of P100,000 and a Presidential Letter of Felicitation. The transfer of implementing agency is through RA 11350, which mandates the transfer of functions, programs, projects, and activities related to the welfare of senior citizens from DSWD to the NCSC.
CENTENARIAN CASH GIFTS SOCIAL WELFARE SENIOR CITIZENS NATIONAL COMMISSION OF SENIOR CITIZENS
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