QUEZON City Mayor Herbert Bautista has approved an ordinance increasing tenfold cash incentives to residents who have reached the age of 100.
The city government’s incentive will be given on top of other incentives from the national government, Bautista said.
Under City Ordinance Sangguniang Panlungsod No. 2542, the city’s centenarians will now be rewarded with a cash incentive of P100,000, from P10,000 previously.
Principally authored by District 6 Councilor Roger Juan, the measure highlights the city government’s continuing effort to promote the welfare of its elderly residents, especially those who are aged 100 and older, the mayor said.
According to the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs, Quezon City has about 126 living centenarians, 102 of them female.
Based on OSCA records, Quezon City’s oldest living centenarian is 109-year-old Salamah Guiama Shalik of Barangay Culiat.