Senate told: There’s still time to pass social pension for seniors

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17481402934261748140290692.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Indigent senior citizens line up to receive social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Quezon City Hall on July 10, 2017. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — There is still time for the Senate to work on and pass a bill granting the elderly a monthly pension of at least P500, Senior Citizens party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes said Sunday as he urged urgent action on the proposal.</p><p>The House passed the bill for a universal social pension for seniors in 2024. Versions of the bill are pending at the Senate Committee on Social Justice, chaired by Sen. Imee Marcos.</p><p>“The universal social pension bill the House sent to the Senate is fiscally responsible. It is not ayuda (aid) for ayuda’s sake — there is wisdom in the phased-in approach we used in crafting the bill,” Ordanes said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/5/15/senior-citizens-flock-to-kadiwa-stores-as-p20-per-kilo-rice-officially-launches-1501">Senior citizens flock to Kadiwa stores as P20 per kilo rice program officially launches<br/></a></div><p>If passed into law, the bill will grant indigent seniors a monthly pension of P1,000. Those who are not indigents will get P500 a month, with the pension rising to P1,000 within five years of passage.</p><p>The Senior Citizens Act, which the bill seeks to amend, grants the pension only to indigent seniors.</p><p>The House bill authorizes the Department of Social Welfare and Development, working with other agencies, to evaluate the seniors’ pension every two years and raise it if needed.</p><p>“There is still time in the remaining session days,” Ordones said as the 19th Congress prepares to adjourn on June 14.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/10/15/23/commission-calls-on-seniors-to-register-in-online-database">Commission calls on seniors to register in online database<br/></a></div><p>There were 9.22 million Filipinos aged 60 years and older, according to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing.</p><p>That is around 8.5 percent of the population at the time.</p><div><strong>— Jonathan de Santos, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NQt7lSEM3po?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The House passed the bill for a universal social pension for seniors in 2024. Versions of the bill are pending at the Senate Committee on Social Justice, chaired by Sen. Imee Marcos.</p>

The House passed the bill for a universal social pension for seniors in 2024. Versions of the bill are pending at the Senate Committee on Social Justice, chaired by Sen. Imee Marcos.

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Senate told: There’s still time to pass social pension for seniors

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Published May 25, 2025 10:46 AM PHT

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