HB360 - AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS TO FILIPINO SEPTUAGENARIANS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11982 WHICH AMENDED REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10868 OR THE "CENTENARIANS ACT OF 2016”, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

With the passage of Republic Act No. 11982 on February 26, 2024 which granted benefits to Filipino Octogenarians and Nonagenarians, aside from Filipino Centenarians receiving commensurate benefits by virtue of Republic Act No. 10868, otherwise known as the "Centenarians Act of 2016", it emphatically illuminated our deeply embedded Filipino culture of high respect and profound care for our elders. Regrettably, as we face the emerging demographic reality of ageing, several studies have shown that the increasing number of elderly population of our society necessitates accelerated and broaden interventions to ensure adequate social security favorable to such vulnerable sector in terms of financial support, at the very least. While the Act sought to be amended herein, as well as its precursor, are primarily contemplated to honor or pay tribute to our elders for longevity, the present Bill shall further strengthen our Constitutional commitment to provide our senior citizens with adequate social services and improved quality of life inasmuch as their current stage of life needs the most of the blessings of the law. Parenthetically, it must be highlighted that during biblical times, age seventy (70) was considered as man's average lifespan and that life beyond seventy (70) was already a fringe benefit. In parallel, various studies likewise shown that the country's life expectancy range, at present time, is at an alarming state whereby available data evinced that an average Filipino residing in the country has a lifespan of only 69.3 years¹ or 71.23 years². At such age thus, it may be safely envisioned that most of our elders are already enduring certain health issues or economic hardships, to name a few. It is in this light that the undersigned intends to amend the prevailing law, i.e., for the sheer purpose of amplifying the benefits of the law in favor of other age brackets. And thus bearing witness to the immemorial aphorism, in the vernacular, that "Huli man daw at magaling ay naihahabol din". Continue reading here: https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_20/HB00360.pdf https://www.congress.gov.ph/house-members/view/?member=K009&name=Amante%2C+Loreto+S.

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