Her experience reflects a fundamental question: Are senior citizens, especially centenarians, actually receiving the support promised to them? The barangay officials handling the process are also senior citizens who know the community well which should hasten the process. In fact, she said that none of the members of their senior citizens’ association in Barangay 738 had received this benefit. Her experience reflects a fundamental question: Are senior citizens, especially centenarians, actually receiving the support promised to them? 9994 (Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010) grants senior citizens discounts and tax exemptions on medicines, healthcare, transportation and other essential goods and services.