Manila, April 15 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Caraga Region (DSWD-13) has reported the successful distribution of social pensions to indigent senior citizens during the first quarter of 2025.

As of Tuesday, DSWD-13 said 178,818 indigent elderly have received their three-month pension of PHP3,000 under the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens (SocPen) Program, according to a DSWD-13 report.

This figure represents an impressive 96.82 percent of the target beneficiaries in the region as of the end of March.

"These beneficiaries have already claimed their stipends, totaling a substantial PHP536,454,000.00," DSWD-13 said in a statement Tuesday.

Payouts for the second quarter are underway in the province...