Lower House passes bill on universal social pension for senior citizens on third and final reading
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00:00The National Commission of Senior Citizens fervently hopes for a swift passage or enactment of the proposed
00:06Universal Social Pension for Senior Citizens, which just hurdled third and final reading in the house. In today's Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon Offering,
00:15NCSC Chair Attorney Franklin Quijano said he couldn't stress enough the importance of the bill to the country's seniors
00:22should it pass full legislative muster.
00:25This, as he said, more measures for the benefit and well-being of senior citizens are also in consideration
00:31such as more discount coverage, digitized transactions for the elderly and the disabled.