Some 5,551 senior citizens from 24 barangays in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, received their social pension during a two-day payout activity in the area.

In a statement Thursday, the city government said a total of PHP8,326,500 social pension payment was released to the beneficiaries during the July 12 to 13 distribution activity.

“Each of the senior citizens received PHP1,500 payout as payment for the third quarter of this year, or from July to September,” the local government said.

The social pension amounting to PHP500 monthly is intended to augment senior citizens’ daily subsistence and medical needs.

Last month, some 2,999 senior citizens of Bislig also received their April to June social pension for this year.

Bislig Mayor Florencio Garay led the distribution with representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Caraga Region (DSWD-13), the City Social Welfare and Development Office, and the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs. (PNA)