Php 100K awaits more centenarians; DSWD praises LGU Malaybalay for senior care
More centenarians are set to receive Php 100,000 each this year as cash benefit, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As of June 15, 2020, DSWD said that they already gave Php 100,000 each to 289 centenarians and they’re set to give the same amount to a total of 952 this year alone.
DSWD also praised the local government of Malaybalay City, Bukidnon for providing care and attention to the elderly.
The DSWD field office in Northern Mindanao made the case of 101-year-old Tomasa Manaran as an example.
Manaran lives in Barangay Simaya, Malaybalay City and she received her cash gift from DSWD Region X representatives on her birthday.
For families that have relatives who are centenarians, here’s how they can avail of the cash benefit:
How to avail of the Php 100,000 cash benefit for centenarians
Based on DSWD Memorandum Circular No. 4, series of 2017, centenarians are identified by existing databases: local office of senior citizens affairs, social pension, Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS), public and private residential care facilities client inventories and data from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO).
Relatives of the applicants must submit primary documents such as birth certificates and Philippine passports that are needed to be presented by centenarians during the validation process to their localities.
If the two documents are not available, any one of the primary government-issued Identification Cards (IDs) may be shown such as GSIS and SSS IDs, driver’s license, Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) license, and Comelec voter’s IDs.
If the primary IDs are absent, two of the following secondary documents may be presented: marriage certificates either from the Philippine Statistics Authority or the local civil registrar’s office; birth certificates of the children of the centenarian issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority or the local civil registrar’s office; affidavits from two disinterested persons, aged 80 years who have personal knowledge of the centenarian’s age and birthdate.
School and employment records showing the age of the centenarian, baptismal or confirmation records issued by churches and religious organizations, medical or dental examinations by government or private doctors and dentists, and other related certifications from the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, AMWSLAI, AFPSLAI, veteran groups and similar organizations may also be accepted as secondary documents. (with a report from PNA)
