00:00The senior citizens of Binan Laguna received a pension of several months.
00:05This is the story of Louisa Erispe.
00:10Christmas is known as a happy occasion for the youth.
00:15They can give gifts and different types of Aguinaldo.
00:19But some local governments, not only the children, want to make this Christmas happy.
00:24Even the elderly want to put a big smile on their faces.
00:29That's why in Binan Laguna, the local government divided the pension to 18,500 senior citizens of Lungson.
00:39Not all LGUs can give this.
00:42For us, especially the senior citizens, PWD and solo parents, we have a program for them.
00:51We will improve the services for PWD, solo parents, senior citizens and health services for Lungson.
00:59Each senior citizen received P3,000, which is equivalent to their pension from July to December.
01:07Aside from the pension they receive from the national government,
01:11the mother is one of those who received almost half of her husband's pension.
01:18Ania, this is just right for Christmas.
01:20Thank you very much.
01:22I'm happy that my situation is like this.
01:28There's no discrimination.
01:30I have to buy medicine because there's a shortage of medicine.
01:34And if there's too much, I will give it to my grandchildren.
01:42The LGU said that they will divide the local pension not only because of the election.
01:47The LGU has been planning this program for a long time and they passed it as an ordinance.
01:52The LGU also plans to apply for an exemption from the spending ban in the upcoming election.
01:58Maybe next month, early next month, we will apply for an exemption from our programs.
02:04And this pension is included.
02:05Or else, we will give this before the election ban begins.
02:09Because this is regular.
02:12We have been doing this for a long time.
02:14The senior citizens will look for it.
02:16But we will never use this as a political tool.
02:20The Commission on Elections said that there is no problem if the LGU will help
02:26because premature campaigning is no longer prohibited.
02:29They will just buy from those who will run in the upcoming election period.
02:34This is already avoided because they may be disqualified.
02:37Meanwhile, yesterday, the Comelec and the National Bureau of Investigation signed an agreement
02:43for the creation of a task force against giving
02:46The Commission will also look at ways to vote-buy using digital wallets like GCash, Paymaya, and others.
02:53Luisa Erispe for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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