BACOLOD CITY – A total of 1,473 senior citizens received their social pension in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 12. GOV. Bong Lacson leads the distribution of the social pension to one of the 1,473 senior citizens in rites held at Haven of Grace in Barangay Utod, Pulupandan,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released cash assistance from their social pension program to 2,159 indigent senior citizens in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental last week. A TOTAL of 2,159 indigent senior citizens in E.B. Magalona, Negros...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A recently filed House bill (HB) in the 19th Congress seeks to expand the coverage of the discount on electricity consumption being given to senior citizens. Sorsogon 1st district Rep. Marie Bernadette Escudero penned and filed HB No.7919, also known as the Expanded Senior...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government here has allocated P100 million for a new program which will entitle some 100,000 senior citizens to a quarterly stipend of P1,000 each. CITY Social Welfare and Development personnel of Zamboanga City delivers cash incentives to senior citizens during...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading on Monday afternoon, May 8 the proposed Act providing for early voting by qualified senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), lawyers, and human resources for health in national and local elections....
Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN) Here's a novel idea from P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon that could potentially help out a good portion of "unbanked" Filipinos. According to Guanzon, persons with disability (PWD) IDs and senior citizen IDs should be allowed by banks for the purpose of...
Senior citizens received good news last week. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released ₱42.93 billion to cover the payment of their health insurance premiums for 2023. Sourced from proceeds of the sin tax law, the allotment benefits over 8.5 million senior citizens enrolled in the...
Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo ‘Ompong” Ordanes trumpeted on Monday, April 3 the incoming benefit to some four million indigent elderly Filipinos in the form of the P1,000 monthly social pension. “I proudly report to the over four million indigent seniors nationwide that our efforts...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is crossing his fingers that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) would be able to source funds for the 100 percent increase in the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens. “In the face of the still elevated inflation, the doubling of...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, together with her husband, Makati City 2nd District Rep. Luis Campos, gave due recognition to the city's newest centenarian as part of the city's pledge to recognize its elderly citizens and their contributions to society. Binay and Campos personally met Geddie...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed social pension to 61,431 senior citizens in the Caraga region. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian (third from right) turns over financial assistance under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) to...
The agricultural town of Morong, Rizal has initiated several programs that give importance to the town's senior citizens. Recently, the town’s fifth living centenarian, Antonia R. Tiratira received a P50,000 check as a token from the municipal government of Morong, Rizal as part of the local...
