(Picture by Vera Victoria)
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) anticipates that the distribution of benefits will be more efficient through the Elder Living System, a program designed to meet the needs of older OFWs.
Under this expanded law, they will receive a corresponding amount from the government upon reaching the ages of 80, 85, 90, 95, and 100.
(Picture by Vera Victoria)
"Under the new law, Filipinos, upon reaching the age of 80, will receive a cash gift of 10 thousand pesos and every five years thereafter until the age of 95. After all, we do stand on the shoulders of these giants. But they deserve more than cash in an envelope. What they should get is a support infrastructure that every society owes to its ageing population," stated President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. when he signed the law this April.
Those reaching the age of 100 will receive a cash gift of P100,000.
