MORE than 16,000 senior citizens received their cash gift of P1,500 each from the Lapu-Lapu City government yesterday.
The distribution was coursed through barangay treasurers supervised by the City Treasurer’s Office.
Lapu-Lapu City has 16,324 senior citizens and 1,165 persons with disabilities (PWDs) registered in 30 barangays.
PWDs will receive their P1,000 cash gift today at City Hall from the cashier.
Aside from the cash gift and discount booklets, seniors aged 60 and above will receive a cake during their birthday.
A proposal pending with the City Council seeks to give P100,000 to an elderly resident who reaches 100 years old.
Rosalina Gamboa, 69, of barangay Gun-ob, was one of those who received a P1,500 cash gift.
She said she used the money from previous payouts for food and medicine.
Gamboa is single and is taking care of her bedridden 90-year-old mother, who also received the cash assistance yesterday.