More than 77,600 senior citizens of Makati City will be receiving mid-year cash gifts beginning June 1, officials of the city’s Elderly Welfare Section of the Makati Social Welfare Department announced on Monday.
Members of the City Council on December approved City Ordinance 2016-A-043 granting an additional P1,000 to the annual cash gift of the BLU Card holders.
The 77,685 BLU Card holders aged 60-69 now receive an annual cash gift of P3,000 each; those 70 to 79 years old, P4,000; and those 80 and above, P5,000 each.
The annual cash gift for all age groups is given in two equal installments every June and December. Thus, the first age group will receive P1,500; the second group, P2,000; and the third group, P2,500 this June.
For 2017, the city has allocated P326 million for the cash gift and centenarian incentive under the BLU Card.
The distribution of the cash gift on June 1, Thursday, will be held in Barangays Bel-Air, Kasilawan, San Isidro and Sta. Cruz at their respective barangay halls, and in Brgys. La Paz and Valenzuela at their respective covered courts.
From June 2 to 3, Friday and Saturday, cash gift distribution will be done at the barangay hall of Brgy. Rizal and at the covered court of Brgy. West Rembo.
From June 5 to 6, Monday and Tuesday, beneficiaries from Brgys. Poblacion and San Lorenzo can get their cash gifts at their respective covered courts.
From June 7 to 8, Wednesday and Thursday, cash gift distribution will take place at the covered court of Brgy. Olympia. On June 7 only, distribution will be done at the barangay hall of Brgy. Guadalupe Viejo. Beneficiaries of Brgy. South Cembo can claim their cash gift at their covered court on June 8 only.
On June 9, Friday, distribution will be done at the barangay hall of Brgy. Pinagkaisahan. For Brgy. Pio del Pilar, distribution will be from June 9 (covered court) to June 10 (San Isidro National High School). On June 10 only, BLU Card holders of Brgy. Southside can get their cash gift at their barangay hall.
From June 13 to 14, Tuesday and Wednesday, cash gift distribution will take place at the covered court of Brgy. East Rembo, and at the Elderly Health Care Office at H. Santos St. for beneficiaries from Brgy. Tejeros.
The distribution of cash gift on June 15, Thursday, will be done at the barangay halls of Brgys. Pitogo, Singkamas and Carmona.
From June 16 to 17, Friday and Saturday, cash gift distribution will be done at the covered court of Brgy. Pembo and at the barangay hall of Brgy. Bangkal.
From June 19 to 20, Monday and Tuesday, the distribution will resume in Brgys. Palanan (covered court) and Cembo (barangay hall). On June 20only, BLU Card holders from Brgy. Northside can get their cash gift at the Makati City Hall Building II.
From June 21 to 22, Wednesday and Thursday, cash gift distribution will take place at the covered courts of Brgys. Guadalupe Nuevo and San Antonio. On June 22 only, the distribution will be done at the covered court of Brgy. Comembo.
On Friday, June 23, Friday, BLU Card holders from Brgys. Urdaneta, Forbes Park, Magallanes and Dasmariñas can claim their cash gift at their respective barangay halls.
In claiming the cash gift, beneficiaries who are unable to come in person can send their duly authorized representative, whose name appears at the back of the BLU Card, to the Cash Division at the 3rd floor of Makati City Hall.
The representative should be able to present a medical certificate as proof of the beneficiaries’ condition, whether bedridden, disabled or confined in a hospital.
Authorization forms are available at the MSWD office at the fifth floor of Makati City Hall.
Senior citizens who are out-of-town or abroad during the distribution of the cash gifts are not entitled to claim the said benefit, and authorization presented by a representative will not be honored by the Cash Division.
