The program is under the One-Time Senior Citizen Cash Incentive Award of the Provincial Government of Pampanga.
The beneficiaries also received a certificate of recognition, in accordance with Provincial Ordinance No. 683.
The program was implemented by virtue of Provincial Ordinance 683, Series of 2014, or “An Ordinance Enacting the Senior Citizen Code of the Province of Pampanga.”
Initially, only those who have reach 100 years old are entitled to receive the incentive.
Pampanga is a pioneer in the distribution of cash incentives to centenarians worth P100,000.
Ordinance 647 or the Senior Citizens Code was then amended by the provincial board, lowering the age of the beneficiaries from 100 to 95 years old.
Some P17 million in cash assistance has already been given out to at least 153 senior citizens 95 years old and above from 2020 to 2021.
For 2021 alone, some 114 seniors received cash aid worth P100,000 each.
In the same year, the families of some 11 elderly who had died before receiving their checks were still accorded financial support.
Governor Dennis Pineda said the purpose of the program is to recognize the contributions made by grandparents to their respective communities and families.
He added that it is a gesture of love and support to both the beneficiary and the family.