Filipino war veterans'

pension hike boosts

soldiers' morale
THE enactment of a law
quadrupling the monrhly
pensron ot senior wai vet-
erans from P5,000 to
wiu support Fili-
P20,000
pino heroes in th€ir old
age and booel the morale
of the countn/s 6oldier€.
La Union'second Dis-
t ct Representative Sandra
Y. Eriguel thanked Presi-
dent Rodrigo Duterte for
signing Republic Act No.
11164 on December 20,
2018 increasing the month- REP. ERIGUEL
Iy old-age peGion of Fili- The new pension hike
pino veberans who fought would be given to war vet-
in World War lI, Korean erans provided that they
and Vieti:ram wars. are not receivine D€nsio;l
"This will suDDort our {rcm the Armed"Fbrces of
heroes who neei'medical the Philippines.
and financial aEsistance in The entidement to the
their old age. This will also incease in old-age pension
boost the molale of our Fil- wil be limited to the elisi-
ipino soldiers, knowinq ble living senior vetera;s
that the government i; and ale not tral$ferable to
ready to assist ihem during any family members and/
their retirement," said Eri- or dependents of the senior
BueL who was a co-author
of the House vetsion of the Eriguel said the institu-
law which wss aDDroved tionalization of the age-old
by ttle House in Jit'y 2018. pension for Filipino veter-
The law effectivelv in- ans is the countrv s wav of
creased the montNy pen- honoring their heioic ddeds
sion ot wa r veterans bv 300 in def€nding Filipino sov-
percent beginning 1019. e"eig"ty. pag c lr