Hundreds of senior citizens in Pasig City received free healthcare services from the city government through its Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) in celebration of Senior Citizens ' Month on Saturday, Oct. 18. According to OSCA, the Senior Citizens ' Month celebration aimed to...
The city government of Manila, through its Manila Health Department (MHD) and Office for Senior Citizens ' Affairs (OSCA), conducted a medical and dental mission for senior citizens in the city in celebration of Elderly Filipino Week (EFW) on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Held at the Don Bosco Covered...
President Marcos has ordered the transfer of the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) from the Office of the President to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in a bid to strengthen policies and services for the elderly. The move was formalized under Executive Order (EO)...
Senator Loren Legarda is now pushing for a bill providing P1,000 monthly stipend for senior citizens to help them in purchasing maintenance medications. In filing Senate Bill No. 164, or An Act Providing Monthly Maintenance Medication Support for Senior Citizens, Legarda said it is important for...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government and a popular fastfood company on Tuesday inked a memorandum of agreement for a work opportunity program for senior citizens here. Assistant floor leader and head of the Committee on Housing, Rural, and Urban Development (Socialized Housing Projects),...
A total of 200 senior citizens living in Manila City received free dentures courtesy of the city government through the Manila Health Department (MHD) and San Andres Kagawad Jason Yu at the San Andres Sports Complex on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The program, entitled "Balik Ngiti for Senior Citizens,"...
Senator Risa Hontiveros filed anew the bill creating a specialty hospital for senior citizens saying they deserve to receive quality and age-appropriate healthcare. In filing Senate Bill No. 1302 or the proposed Philippine Geriatric Center (PGC) Act, Hontiveros sought to upgrade the current...
The Manila city government assured the city 's senior citizens that they will continue to receive their nutrition supplement drink as part of its boosted efforts in ensuring their health and wellness. According to the city government, officials from Abbott, the supplier of Ensure milk that is...
Manileño senior citizens will once again receive cakes on their birthday courtesy of the city government after Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso revived the city 's birthday cake-giving tradition on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Introduced during his first tenure as mayor, Domagoso explained...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay personally led the house-to-house distribution of unclaimed cash incentives to Makati Blu Card holders who failed to receive them last year. Binay said more than 12,000 elderly residents failed to receive their cash incentives last year, citing the lack of cellphones...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced on Wednesday, Aug. 20, that health certificates issued in the city will now be valid for one year, replacing the previous policy under which all certificates expired on Dec. 31 of the year they were issued. Domagoso made the move following his...
Dozens of Mandaluyong City senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), solo parents, and 4Ps beneficiaries received free health services and medicines on Saturday, Aug. 9, courtesy of the city government and PhilHealth, as part of the latter 's Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (YAKAP)....
