LAOAG CITY, Oct. 24 -- A total of 300 persons with disability (PWDs) in Ilocos Norte received PHP6,000 each on Friday as part of the provincial government's continuing rollout of social pension for the vulnerable sector.

"The amount covers the months of July up to December this year," Carolyn Domingo, disability affairs officer of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, told the Philippine News Agency.

There are 13,000 registered PWDs in Ilocos Norte.

The province has been implementing the PWD social pension since 2023.

"Through the initiative of then-Ilocos Norte governor and now Vice Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc, we were able to secure and allocate funds to include Ilocano PWDs in the beneficiaries of the social pen...