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Senate urged: Pass universal social pension for seniors
The Philippine Star
|May 23, 2025
Senators should pass the House-approved universal social pension for senior citizens bill when Congress reconvenes session on June 2, outgoing Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said recently.
"We are down to the last two session weeks. If there is a time to do this, it's now. This is a legacy we can afford to leave the Filipino people," Salceda said in a letter to Sen. Imee Marcos, who got reelected in the midterm elections.
Marcos is one of the key Senate advocates of the measure.
Salceda said he supports a version of the bill that would grant P500 monthly to seniors aged 60 to 69 and P1,000 to those aged 70 and above — with annual inflation adjustments while maintaining the existing P1,000 per month for indigent seniors.
This story is from the May 23, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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