More than 4,000 indigent senior citizens from Albay province have received their pensions from the provincial government covering the period from July to December this year.

In an interview on Tuesday, Maria Vivien Cea, Albay Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) chief, said the distribution will continue until the first week of December to serve 16,669 indigent senior citizens in the province.

“The beneficiaries from the towns of Oas, Camalig, Guinobatan, Jovellar, and Daraga received their PHP500 per month or PHP3,000 for the six months of coverage,” Cea said.

She said the beneficiaries were the elders who do not receive any other pensions from government agencies.

“They are waitlisted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) since no slots for the national Albay government served them,” she said.

Cea said the provincial government of Albay allocates a PHP100-million annual budget for the program. (PNA)