RDC okays hike in social pension of elderly

BUTUAN CITY — The increase of P1,000 senior citizens’ social pension is supported by the powerful Regional Development Council (RDC), it was learned yesterday. Currently, the indigent senior citizens are receiving a monthly stipend or social pension of P500 to augment their daily subsistence and other medical needs which took effect on February 15, 2015. It was also learned that the members of the RDC-Social Development Committee (RDC-SDC) of Caraga region have supported and endorsed the resolution to increase the social pension of the indigent senior citizens to the Caraga RDC full council members. It can be recalled that RDC-SDC has requested the full council members of RDC to support their proposal to increase the indigent senior citizens’ social pension. (Mike U. Crismundo)