SENIOR citizens in Makati City aged 90 to 99 will receive P10,000 cash gift per year, Mayor Abigail Binay announced Sunday.
She said that they should be Blu Card holders for at least five years. Based on the data of the local government, a total of 1,968 seniors are qualified to get the cash gift.
“We want to add new ways of helping our senior citizens who deserve care and compassion from the city government. Providing an additional P10,000 cash benefit yearly for our elderly in the said age group would help defray their daily subsistence and other needs,” she said.
Binay hopes that the City Council will back her proposed program so it can be immediately implemented next year for nonagenarians.
Under the program, a senior citizen who has been a Blu Card holder for at least five years will receive P10,000 when she reaches the age of 90 and P10,000 every year thereafter until she turns 99. (Jel Santos)
