CEBU CITY—The Cebu City government will release some P120 million in cash assistance to senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) next week.
There are at least 60,000 senior citizens and 7,000 PWDs in the city.
Mayor Michael Rama said he has asked the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) to prepare the payroll on the release of the financial aid and determine the exact date of the two distributions.
Each qualified senior citizen will receive P2,000 out of their P12,000 total financial assistance this year.
The fourth tranche of cash aid to senior citizens brings to P7,000 the total financial assistance released so far to senior citizens this year.
The city distributed P1,000 in January; P2,000 in April; and another P2,000 in July.
Each PWD will get P1,000 financial assistance during next week’s distribution.
It forms part of the P5,000 total yearly financial assistance for each PWD.
Cebu City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas said the cash aid will be given next week once the processing of the payroll is completed.