Iloilo
City, May 12 (PNA) -- A total of 175 centenarians in Western Visayas has each
received his/her Php100,000 cash incentive from the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) as of Friday.
DSWD-6
focal person for person with disabilities (PWDs) and older persons Judith
Tanate said that they are already almost halfway in the distribution of the
cash incentives to the total 360 centenarian-beneficiaries in the region.
Tanate
recalled that the distribution in the region kicked off last April 19 with 109
centenarians from the city and province of Iloilo personally receiving their
cash incentives at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol.
The
next distribution took off last May 5 and 6 at the provinces of Aklan and
Capiz, respectively. Thirty centenarians in Aklan received their cash incentive
while 36 centenarians in Capiz also received theirs.
Tanate
said that the distribution of cash incentives to the centenarians in the
provinces of Antique and Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City is scheduled
third week of this month. Negros Occidental has 82 identified
centenarian-beneficiaries while Antique has 27.
Meanwhile,
Tanate said that they currently have no problem being encountered in so far as
distribution of cash incentives is concerned. She said that the family members
of centenarians are submitting genuine documents showing that a family member
is a true centenarian.
But
she urged other family members to submit documents of their centenarian family
member so they could already release their cash incentives.
Requirements
of centenarians to avail the Php 100,000 cash incentive include birth
certificate and any valid government-issued identification card.
Under
the Section 2 of Republic Act 10868 or the “Centenarians Act of 2016,” all
Filipinos who reach the age of one hundred (100) years old, whether residing in
the Philippines or abroad, shall be honored with a letter of felicitation from
the President of the Philippines congratulating the celebrant for his or her
longevity and a centenarian gift in the amount of Php100,000.00. (Cindy B.
Ferrer/PNA)
