SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique— Western Visayas has the highest number of centenarians throughout the country with 360, Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Director Rebecca Geamala said in a media interview on Monday.
Geamala added that Region 6 topped the National Capital Region’s 155 centenarians and Eastern Visayas had the least number of senior citizens reaching 100 years old with 58.
She said after they distributed the P100,000 cash grants and certificates to the 22 centenarians in Antique out of the total 27 on Monday, they would proceed to Negros Occidental on Tuesday for a similar purpose.
She added that they had already distributed the cash gifts to the five provinces in the region on Monday, with Iloilo having the most centenarians at 135.
She reminded the family members of the centenarians to take good care of their elderly and use the money to buy their needs.