Poor Filipinos to get more government pension

Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program line-up an automated teller machine outside the Land Bank of the Philippines in Kidapawan City to claim their government pension. (Mindanao Examiner Photo – Geonarri Solmerano)

KIDAPAWAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 7, 2012) – The Philippine government said it would continue on with the anti-poverty campaign Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to ensure that poor families across the country would benefit from it.

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte earlier said that the Aquino government will continue to aggressively pursue the campaign to address the needs of vulnerable sectors by expanding the coverage of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.

Manila it is also continuing the implementation of the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Filipino Citizens, the Supplemental Feeding Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services.

It said pursuing inter-agency convergence on the part of DSWD, Department of Education, the Department of Health and the Department of Interior and Local Government will ensure that household-beneficiaries avail of education and healthcare services. (Mindanao Examiner. With a report from Geonarri Solmerano)