FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. No. 934 
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Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
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"Ang taong hindi marunong lumingon sa kanyang pinanggalingan ay hindi 
makakarating sa kanyang pinaroroonan." This is the popular translation of George 
Santayana's dictum. 
Truly we owe much of what we are as a nation today to the generations before 
us. The generation that immediately precedes ours is still with us today as retirees and 
veterans. We still have the opportunity to acknowledge our debt and show our gratitude 
by ensuring that after devoting their lives and careers towards building the present 
society whose benefits we now enjoy, these people are able to spend the twilight of 
their years in some modicum of comfort. 
This bill proposes to grant the following respective proportions of the salary level 
being received by government employees and members of the Armed Forces still in 
active service and holding the same position, rank or office as the retiree or veteran at 
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the time of their separation or honorable discharge: 
(a) 
to retirees and veterans, seventy percent (70%) ; 
(b) 
to disabled veterans, seventy-five percent (75%) ; and 
(c) 
to the surviving spouses in case of death, sixty percent (60%) 
This bill also proposes to grant additional privileges such as fifty percent (50%) 
discount on fares on government-owned transportation facilities; recreational facilities, 
housing projects, etc.; educational benefits to descendants, free hospitalization and 
medical care for kin, and funeral benefits. 
The justice and compassion with which we provide for our retirees and veterans 
today will, in the long run set the example for next generation who will in their turn deal 
with us in our own old age. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this 
requested. 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. No. 934 
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Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
AN ACT 
INCREASING THE PENSION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF 
GOVERNMENT RETIREES FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. 
Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Pension and 
Benefits Act of 2010". 
SEC. 2. 
Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of this Act to grant socio-
economic benefits and increase the pension of government retirees and veterans to a 
substantial portion of the level of salary received by the government employees and 
members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines still in active service and currently 
holding the same position, rank or office as the government retirees at the time of 
his/her retirement or the veteran at the time of his/her retirement, separation or 
honorable discharge. 
SEC. 3. 
Definition of Terms. - For the purpose of and when used in this 
Act, the following definitions shall apply: 
(a) 
Government retirees means employees of the government or any of its 
subdivision, agency or instrumentality including government-owned or controlled 
corporations or their subsidiaries, who have retired after reaching the compulsory 
retirement age, or who 
incapacity or disability. 
have been separated from service due to permanent total 
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(b) 
Veterans means Filipinos who rendered military service during the 
Philippine Revolution, Philippine-American War, World War I , World War II, Korean 
War, Vietnam War, the anti-insurgency campaign or any other war or military campaign 
wherein the Republic of the Philippines was involved;' or who have rendered military 
service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and had been honorably discharged, or 
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separated from service due to disability arising from wounds, injuries, sickness or 
disease incurred while in active service and in the line of duty. 
(c) 
Pension means the monthly compensation received by government 
retirees and veterans. 
SEC. 4. 
Increased Pensions. - Monthly pensions of all government retirees 
and veterans shall be increased up to seventy percent (70%) of the level of salary 
received by government employees and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippine 
still in active service and currently holding the same position, rank or office as the 
government retiree at the time of hislher retirement or the veteran at the time of his 
separation or honorable discharge: Provided, however, That the monthly pensions of all 
veterans who have been honorably discharged or separated from service due to 
disability arising from woundS, injuries, sickness or disease incurred while in active 
service and in the line of duty shall be increased to seventy-five percent (75%) of the 
level of salary received by members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines still in active 
service and currently holding the same position, rank or office as the said veteran at the 
time of his/her separation or honorable discharge. 
SEC. 5. 
Benefits. - Government retirees and veterans shall be entitled to 
the following benefits: 
(a) 
Fifty percent (50%) discount from all government-owned or controlled 
transportation system, whether land, sea or air. 
(b) 
Free hospitalization and health services including annual physical/medical 
check-up in all government-owned hospitals and health centers and fifty percent (50%) 
discount from all privately-owned hospitals and health centers. 
(c) 
Free entrance fees to all government-owned cultural and sports 
institutions such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Folk Arts Theater, Film Center 
of the Philippines, MetropOlitan Theater, Metropolitan Museum, Rizal Stadium, among 
others. 
(d) 
Fifty percent (50%) for movies, stage plays, concerts, shows, sports 
events and similar forms of entertainment from privately-owned movie houses, theaters, 
games and sports arenas and like institutions. 
(e) 
Free legal and tax' counseling services from government-owned 
institutions. 
(f) 
Fifty percent (50%) discount in rent or purchase from government-owned 
housing projects, and in case of rentals, with a right to purchase for ownership within 
five (5) years. 
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(g) 
Free enrollment fees for seminars, workshops and livelihood courses in all 
government-owned schools and institutions. 
SEC. 6. 
Educational Benefits for Descendants. - Two (2) children of each 
retiree and veteran shall be admitted to any government-owned school, college, 
university or institution with all school fees, including tuition, library, laboratory, medical, 
military training. physical education. diploma and graduation fees at the expense of the 
Government. 
The children who shall avail of these benefits may be chosen by the veteran or 
retiree, in consultation with his/her spouse. If the veteran or retiree is deceased, the 
surviving spouse alone shall choose. If both the veteran or retiree and his/her spouse 
are deceased, the two eldest children who have not acquired a college degree shall be 
chosen. 
Failure of the child-beneficiary to pass at least seventy-five percent (75%) of 
his/her units in college for more than two (2) successive semesters shall be a ground for 
the forfeiture of the benefits. 
SEC. 7. 
Free Hospitalization and Medical Care for Kin. - The following 
relatives of retirees and veterans shall be entitled to free hospitalization and medical 
care in all government-owned hospitals, clinics and health centers: 
a) 
the legitimate spouse; 
b) 
the dependent parents; 
c) 
the legitimate children below twenty-one (21) years old and unmarried or 
physically and/or mentally incompetent or incapacitated. 
SEC. 8. 
Funeral Benefits. - The Government shall bear fifty percent (50%) 
of the financial expenses in the funeral of a retiree or veteran, including the cost of a 
casket, the fees charged by the memorial home and cemetery, plus an additional Five 
Thousand Pesos (Php 5,000.00) for'the wake. 
SEC. 9. 
Pension for Surviving Spouse. - The surviving spouse of a retiree 
or veteran shall receive a monthly pension of sixty percent (60%) of the level of salary 
received by government employees and members of the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines still in active service and holding the same position, rank or office as the 
deceased retiree or veteran at the time of their retirement or honorable discharge. 
In cases where the retiree or veteran leaves no surviving spouse, the benefits 
shall be received by the children or guardian of the retiree or veteran. 
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SEC. 10. 
Rules. and Regulations. - The Department of Social Welfare and 
Development (DSWD), in coordination with the Department of Transportation and 
Communications (DOTC), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of National 
Defense (DND), the Department of Education (DepEd), the National Housing Authority 
(NHA) and all other departments and government-owned or controlled corporations 
necessary for the implementation of this Act, shall promulgate the rules and regulations 
within ninety (90) days from its approval. 
SEC. 11. 
Penalties. - Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act 
shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine not less than One Thousand Pesos 
(Php1 ,000.00) and not more than Ten Thousand Pesos (Php10,000.00): Provided, That 
if the violator is a juridical person, there shall be an additional cancellation of franchise. 
SEC. 12. 
Appropriations. - There shall be appropriated out of the General 
Fund not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for the payment of 
the increased pensions and the implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 13. 
Repea(ing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, letters of 
instructions or proclamations inconsistent with this Act shall be deemed modified, 
amended or repealed accordingly. 
SEC. 14. 
Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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