Cebu City Readies P120M Cash Aid for Seniors, P10M for PWDs

The Cebu City government will distribute some P120 million in cash assistance to some 60,000 senior citizens Thursday, and P10 million to around 1,000 persons with disabilities (PWDs) on Friday.

The fourth tranche of the financial assistance to the senior citizens this year brings to P7,000 the total amount of cash released to them so far this year.

Each senior citizen gets P12,000 a year from the city government, while the PWDs get PHP5,000 each every year.

Cebu City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas said the cash aid will be given in the different barangay halls on Thursday morning.

Each senior citizen will get a cash aid of P2,000.

Those who cannot claim their cash aid Thursday will be allowed to claim them next week, since it’s the PWDs’ turn to get their cash assistance on Friday.

The senior citizens received P3,000 in January, P2,000 in April and another P2,000 in July.

Each of the PWDs will get P1,000 on Friday. They received P1,000 last April and another P1,000 last July. (PNA) LAP/EB/SSC