R.A.
9994 is good news to Senior Citizens of the Philippines
Noticeable benefits under
R.A. No. 994
-A Filipino who is a “dual
citizen” may now apply for a senior citizen I.D. card;
-Both the 20% discount and
PhilHealth benefits can apply during hospitalization or in seeking for medical
services.
-Purchase of Vitamins and
minerals specifically prescribed by an attending physician are now subject to
20% discount. Food supplements remain excluded.
-Indigent senior citizens
may now enjoy a free pneumoccocal and influenza vaccination.
-Indigent senior citizens
may also receive pensions between P350 to P500, as well as, burial assistance
of up to P2,000.
-Senior Citizens may now
enjoy a 5% discount on electric consumption not exceeding 100 kw hrs and water
consumption not exceeding 30 cu.m.
-Bigger discount of up to
50% (as institutional support) is also available to senior citizens centers and
residential group homes for electricity, water and telephone charges.
-Except for the cost of
memorial lot and obituary publication, a 20% discount applies to burial
services.
New-Look Identification Card
The approved format of the
new senior citizen identification card (RA No. 9994) is available for download
at:
Advocacy
National Coordinating and
Monitoring Board
Download Resources
Administrative Orders, Memorandum
Circulars & Other Resources
New Senior Citizen ID Card
Template
Sample
ID Card for approval, may look like this.
This design is in compliance to the approved NCMB template.
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| ID FACE |
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| ID BACK |
The New Purchase Booklet
The
new senior citizen purchase booklet is a real bundle of joy. Although fewer in pages, it could last for
over a year of proper use with more personal items on line for consumption and
enjoyment by senior citizens, such as:
BASIC NECESSITIES
1
–Rice
2
–Corn
3
–Bread in any shape and name, excluding pastries and cakes
4
–Fresh, dried and canned fish and other Marine products
5
–Fresh Pork/Beef and Poultry Meat
6
–Fresh Eggs
7
–Fresh & Processed Milk
8
–Fresh Vegetables/ Root crops
9
–Coffee and Coffee creamer
10
–Sugar
11
–Cooking Oil
12
–Salt
13
–Powdered, Liquid, Bar, Laundry and Detergent soap
14
–Firewood
15
–Charcoal
16
–Candles
PRIME
COMMODITIES
1 –Fresh Fruits
2 –Flour
3 –Dried, Processed and Canned Pork, Beef and
Poultry meat
4 –Dairy products not falling under Section (A2)
above
5 –Canned sardines, Tuna
6 –Noodles
7 –Onions
8 –Garlic
9 –Geriatric Diapers
10 –Herbicides
11 -Poultry, Swine and Cattle Feeds
12 –Veterinary Products for Poultry, Swine and
Cattle
13 –Nipa, Shingle, Plyboard and construction nails
14 -Batteries
15 –Electrical supplies and Light Bulbs
16–Steel Wire
The approved design of the new purchase booklet (RA
No. 9994) may be downloaded as follows:
On a Google search window, type:
Download new senior citizen
purchase booklet 1.71 mb
Click on: 2 – Download Resources for: ncmb.dswd.gov.ph/index
Scroll down until you find
Approved Template of DTI’s Senior
Citizen Purchase Booklet for Basic
Necessities and Prime Commodities,
Joint DTI-DA Administrative Order
No. 10-02, Series of 2010
Sample
purchase booklet for approval, may look like this. This design is in compliance to the
DTI template.
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| Booklet Cover Pages |
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| 1st and Last Pages |
