P2.4M more for Region 6 centenarians

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ILOILO – Western Visayas needs P2.4 million for 24 centenarians who have not yet received their P100,000 cash incentives.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 already requested the additional amount from its central office.

Six of the 24 centenarians turned 100 years old last year and the remaining 18 turned 100 this year. They requested to be included in the DSWD Region 6’s list only later, said social welfare officer Judith Tanate.

Tanate said on Thursday they would distribute the amount as soon as the budget is approved and downloaded to their office.

Earlier the DSWD Region 6 identified 360 centenarians in Western Visayas last year and 27 this year.

Tanate said 348 of the centenarian-beneficiaries in 2016 and all the 27 in 2017 have received their incentives.

The DSWD has yet to distribute the incentives of the remaining 12, who were all in Negros Occidental and have yet to fully comply with requirements.

Tanate hoped they would be able to distribute the remaining cash incentives before the year ends.

Republic Act 10868, or the Centenarians Act of 2016, mandates the distribution of the cash incentives. (PNA)
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