The local government unit (LGU) of Valenzuela City recently awarded financial incentives to 12 centenarian-residents as part of its elderly care initiative.
Mayor Rexlon Gatchalian led the distribution of the monetary gifts in the amount of P50,000 for each centenarian.
The LGU has been giving out cash incentives to qualified beneficiaries since the passage of Ordinance 300, Series of 2016, or the Centenarian Ordinance of Valenzuela City.
This was amended by Ordinance 652, Series of 2020, which raised the financial incentives from P20,000 to P50,000 for each centenarian because of inflation and other economic considerations. Under the Centenarian Ordinance, the cash gift will be given to living centenarian-residents every year.
Of the 12 recipients, seven of them turned 100 years old this year while three are 101 years old and two are 102 years old. The recipients live in different barangays.
The city government of Valenzuela fully supports its senior citizens by ensuring that all benefits intended for them are promptly given for their total well-being and care.
Aside from granting cash incentives to the city’s centenarians, the LGU has been fulfilling its promise of providing benefits to all Valenzuelano senior citizens through the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs.
The benefits include the annual tradition of Pasko Sa Hulyo Para Kay Lolo at Lola—this year being Food Packs Para Kay Lolo at Lola, where around 57,000 senior citizens received in July food packs filled with canned goods and rice.
The Handog Pamasko Para Kay Lolo at Lola 2020 will follow next month in time for the Yuletide season.