The treatment of senior citizens is only good for entertainment - free cinema entrance on mondays and tuesday and that is onlynuntil 4:30 pm. Beyond that we are no longer allowed.
Here is worse:?An elderly, Josefina (not her real name) reported that she gets P500 per month pension! Per day that teanslates to P16.12 a day for 31 days. So what can we buy with that amiunt?One piece of crackers worth P7 and a cup of coffee at PP8 a sachet utang pa ang piso. So you get an xtra P1 for thhrowing away.
Josefina cannot get a decent housing; so, she sleeps at bus stations in the evenings where she is allowed to sleep on the benches. Does anybody care? She gets her oension every 15fh of te month.
She was nit employed during her younger days but worked as a vendor. No, she did not contribute to the SSS or GSIS. But she was productive and did not join the armed struggle nor the inderground movement to overthrow the government.
Let us compare the pensions given to senior citizens by some Asian countries:
Hongkong - ance Amount per month (HK$) Old Age Allowance 1,385 Normal Old Age Living Allowance 2,675 Higher Old Age Living Allowance 3,58;
in Brunei Bruneians are provided with almost all the basic needs, pension seems like a bonus. Seniors aged
60 and above receive a B$250 (approx. S$250) monthly.
In Japan ￥780,100/ year (full benefit amount based on 40 years of fully contributed coverage periods)
Here is worse:?An elderly, Josefina (not her real name) reported that she gets P500 per month pension! Per day that teanslates to P16.12 a day for 31 days. So what can we buy with that amiunt?One piece of crackers worth P7 and a cup of coffee at PP8 a sachet utang pa ang piso. So you get an xtra P1 for thhrowing away.
Josefina cannot get a decent housing; so, she sleeps at bus stations in the evenings where she is allowed to sleep on the benches. Does anybody care? She gets her oension every 15fh of te month.
She was nit employed during her younger days but worked as a vendor. No, she did not contribute to the SSS or GSIS. But she was productive and did not join the armed struggle nor the inderground movement to overthrow the government.
Let us compare the pensions given to senior citizens by some Asian countries:
Hongkong - ance Amount per month (HK$) Old Age Allowance 1,385 Normal Old Age Living Allowance 2,675 Higher Old Age Living Allowance 3,58;
in Brunei Bruneians are provided with almost all the basic needs, pension seems like a bonus. Seniors aged
60 and above receive a B$250 (approx. S$250) monthly.
In Japan ￥780,100/ year (full benefit amount based on 40 years of fully contributed coverage periods)
