By Ernie Reyes
MANILA — Sen. Joel Villanueva said that the country’s senior citizens deserve a long-overdue increase in their pension in the middle of the pandemic.
“Simple at straightforward po ang layunin ng mga panukalang batas na ito: Isanlibong piso kada buwan para sa indigent nating mga lolo at lola,” he emphasized.
The vice-chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development made this statement in a hearing on eight legislative measures proposing additional benefits for the indigent elder Filipinos.
(ai/mtvn)
