Cebu City’s Elderly To Get Cash Aid

Two days before the Valentines Day celebration, the 61,169 qualified Senior Citizens from the 80 Barangays comprising this city will have more reasons to be happy.

This as the city government here will be distributing the first tranche of financial assistance to all Senior Citizens on February 12, 2016 Friday.

In an interview with the BARUGG News, Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) head Domingo Chavez shared that the city’s elderly will get Two thousand pesos (P2,000) each as the first tranche of the P12,000 annual financial assistance this year.

The OSCA head further clarified that the distribution will still be conducted in the Barangay Halls, Sports Complex and other convenient designated areas in the respective barangays, adding that they will still follow the same system in the previous distribution.

He said that no authorization letters will be honored and the disbursing officers coming from the different departments of the city will hand personally to the bedridden beneficiary. He added that they coordinated with the village officials and workers along with the personnel from the Cebu City Police Office to ensure safety and security.

All Senior Citizens are advised to claim their cash aid from 8 o’clock in the morning until 12 noon this Friday and coordinate in their respective Barangays.

The Senior Citizens are 60 years old and above and they can avail of the cash assistance provided they met and complied the standard guidelines and requirements set by OSCA. (Cebu City Public Information Office PIO/Greggy Jiggs P. Senados)