THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is planning to give more indigent seniors monthly stipends after the program budget was doubled this year.

In a statement, the DSWD said this year’s budget allocation totaled P17.9 billion, significantly higher than last year’s P8.7 billion.

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