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Indigent senior citizens line up to receive social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Quezon City Hall on Monday. Senior citizens who have no pension from private or government institutions, regular income, or family support are eligible to enroll in the DSWD's social pension program. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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<p>A group of supermarket operators said prices of goods could rise by as much as 3 percent as the government implements bigger discounts for senior citizens and persons with disability.</p><p>Philippine Amalgamated Supermarket Association (PAGASA)said the P500 monthly grocery discount was a &quot;subsidy of the private sector to the government.&quot;</p><p>Steven Cua, president of PAGASA, said the discounts will eat away at their margins, which will push them to increase their margins to recover their operating costs.</p><p>&quot;They [government] insisted so I guess we can expect some price increases,&quot; Cua said in an interview with ANC.</p><p>The Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Agriculture said senior citizens and PWDs will be able to avail of a P125 weekly discount on basic necessities and prime commodities from the current P65 cap.</p><p>The National Council on Disability Affairs earlier said the increased discount will also help families with PWD members as they are already burdened with a higher cost of living.</p><p>To avail of the discount, the DTI said customers should buy at least four different items from the approved list.</p><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">As of the latest estimate, there are already 10.3 million senior citizens in the Philippines or over 8 percent of the population.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/21/bigger-grocery-discount-for-seniors-pwds-eyed-by-mar-25-1751" id="isPasted">https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/21/bigger-grocery-discount-for-seniors-pwds-eyed-by-mar-25-1751</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/5/senior-and-pwd-discounts-apply-on-top-of-promos-house-panels-1900" id="isPasted">https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/5/senior-and-pwd-discounts-apply-on-top-of-promos-house-panels-1900</a></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Supermarket operators said the P500 monthly grocery discount was a "subsidy of the private sector to the government."</p>

Supermarket operators said the P500 monthly grocery discount was a "subsidy of the private sector to the government."

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Supermarket operators say prices to rise amid bigger discounts for seniors, PWDs

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Published Mar 26, 2024 12:22 AM PHT

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