More than 4,000 indigent senior citizens from three towns and one city in Albay province have started receiving their pensions from the provincial government covering January to June this year.

In a report on Wednesday, the Albay Provincial Information Office said each elderly had received PHP3,000 in a four-day distribution that started on Monday and will run until Friday. There will be no distribution on Thursday, Independence Day.

The beneficiaries are from Rapu-Rapu with 515 senior citizens; Camalig with 1,818; Oas with 1,318; and in Ligao City with 811.

The beneficiaries were validated by the PSWDO, Office for Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) and Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) of the area where they reside.

In a recorded interview, Eden Gonzales, beneficiary from Caracaran, Rapu-Rapu, during the payout of social pensions at the Batan Covered Court, thanked the Albay provincial government for the pension on Monday.

Gonzales said the assistance she received will be used for her medical needs.

Another set of beneficiaries were scheduled next week from other towns and cities of Albay. (PNA)