DUMAGUETE CITY – Eligible senior citizens in this capital city have begun receiving PHP3,000 each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office in Region 7 (DSWD-7) or Central Visayas.
City Public Information Officer Dems Rey Demecillo, said the payout of social pension for eligible senior citizens was scheduled in clusters of barangays, as announced by the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA).
The senior citizens who received their social pension Monday (today) were from the barangays of Motong, Pulantubig, Buñao, Taclobo, Piapi, Cadawinonan and Tabuc-tubig, he said.
The other villages and their respective schedules are as follows: Mangnao, Looc, Poblacion 8, Candau-ay, Bantayan, Poblacion 1 (Tinago) and Poblacion 2 on Tuesday; Calindagan, Camanjac, Cantil-e, Daro, Junob and Poblacion 7 on Wednesday; and Banilad, Batinguel, and Talay on Thursday.
Last May 29, senior citizens in Bagacay, Bajumpandan, and Balugo received their social pensions.
Demecillo said the financial assistance, downloaded from the DSWD-7 and distributed through the city government via the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), represents the first semester or from January to June, this year.
Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo allowed the payout provided that proper protocols are followed by the barangay officials, CSWDO and OSCA personnel, such as the wearing of face masks and observing safe physical distancing, he said.
He said the social pension for senior citizens who could not be physically present at the designated venues shall be delivered to their homes. (PNA)
