MANDAUE CITY—Mandaue City’s 15,836 senior citizens started getting the first tranche of P2,000 each of their P6,000 financial assistance on May 16 and 17.
Michael Pelago, focal person of the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (Osca) of Mandaue City, said the distribution of the cash aid continued on May 18 and 19.
Pelago said the second tranche will be given in August and the last will be in December.
“The first tranche was supposed to be given in April, but because of the election ban, it was moved to May 16,” Pelago added.
Pelago said the distribution was conducted in the different barangays in the city.
The Mandaue City Council last year approved an ordinance increasing the yearly aid for senior citizens from P3,000 to P6,000.