MANILA, Philippines — The social pension of senior citizens for the months of July to December should be immediately released in time for Christmas, Senior Citizens Partylist Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes has said.
In a letter to President Rodrigo Duterte dated December 7, a copy of which was released to the media Friday, Ordanes said the immediate release of the pending undistributed social pension “will greatly alleviate the financial challenges that our millions of indigent senior citizens are facing, especially during the coming holiday season.”
Ordanes said the delay in the release of the social pension is “deeply troubling” since many senior citizens rely on this financial assistanc…
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