MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan – “Old age is the childhood of immortality.”
With these words that he quoted from a Greek writer, Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado, together with Vice Governor Daniel Fernando and officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office on Thursday recognized the feats and contributions of the province’s centenarian citizens.
During the “Pagkilala st Pagpapahalaga sa mga Sentenaryong Bulakenyo at Pagkakaloob ng Cash Incentives” at the Bulacan Capitol Gym here, Alvarado and Fernando distributed PHP100,000 cash incentive each to 45 centenarians from different parts of Bulacan.
The governor told the centenarians and their relatives that the cash incentives came from President Rodrigo Duterte.
Aside from the PHP100,000 cash incentives, the governor also said that the provincial government will give them PHP10,000 each through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office headed by Rowena Tiongson.
Alvarado said that it is an honor to be with the centenarians who have done their fair share in raising the generations of Bulakenyos who are now making their part in building the great province of Bulacan into a prosperous and peaceful one.
Vice Gov. Fernando, for his part, said that the centenarians serve as an inspiration on how to live well and do good.
“They are good examples on how to live well that is why God gave them long lives,” Fernando said.
During the program, the 105-year-old Trinidad Juaquin of Guiguinto wowed the crowds when she did a rendition of the patriotic song “Bayan Ko” and other “kundiman” songs. (Emil G. Gamos/PNA)