Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. has filed a measure at the House of Representatives that seeks to increase by P2,000 the monthly pension of poor senior citizens who are 70 years old and above.

House Bill 2653 aims to amend the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 that provides a P500 monthly stipend to indigent Filipinos 60 years old and above.

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