Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso personally led the distribution of milestone cash gifts to senior citizens aged 80, 85, 90, and 95 during a ceremony at the Don Bosco Covered Court on Road 10 in Tondo, Manila, on Monday, March 9. A total of 3,703 elderly Manileños will receive...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – A 71-year-old woman was killed in a fire that destroyed a chapel in Purok 6, Barangay Sapinit, this city, on Friday, March 6. Police identified the victim as Mila. Investigation said Mila was sleeping inside a room in the chapel where she was staying when the fire...
A 60-year-old senior citizen tagged as a high-value individual (HVI) wanted for illegal drugs was arrested by the Makati City Police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Olympia, Makati City, last Feb. 25. According to Southern Police District (SPD) Director Brig. Gen. Randy Arceo, the suspect,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Twenty-one indigent elderlies received post-Valentine’s Day gifts from the Police Regional Office-8 Press Corps in partnership with the Police Regional Office-8 in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte over the weekend. The activity was part of the PRO-8 Press Corps’ advocacy to build...
A Senate bill is seeking to provide mechanisms to make polling places readily available to PWDs, pregnant women, and indigenous people. Senator Mark Villar filed Senate Bill No. 1698, titled “An Act Enhancing Accessibility in the Voting of Senior Citizens, Persons with Disabilities, Pregnant...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The National Commission for Senior Citizens has condemned the recent ambush of a retired Army colonel who served as regional president of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines in the Socsksargen region. NCSC Commissioner Edwin Espejo urged police...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to make voting more accessible for Filipinos in vulnerable situations by expanding the law on local absentee voting and improving polling facilities nationwide. Estrada, in filing Senate Bill No. 1075, sought alternative modes of voting for...
Senior citizen couple Manuel Bulong Delos Santos and Mae Jean Dolar Baladiang exchanged their vows and professed their timeless love for each other during their civil wedding held at the Manila City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso officiated the wedding of...
To reach the most vulnerable, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it will expand its Social Pension (SocPen) Program this year to cover around 171,000 additional elderly on the waitlist. DSWD Undersecretary for Policy and Planning Adonis Sulit said the program will focus on...
Two senior citizens, a 70-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man, were killed in a fire that hit a residential area at the corner of D. Gomez Street and Sandico Street in Barangay Tejeros, Makati City, early Saturday morning, Jan. 24, Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay confirmed. According to the Bureau...
CEBU CITY – For the second time this year, a senior citizen was arrested for allegedly peddling illegal drugs. The 62-year-old suspect, known only as Kimpang, was arrested on Tuesday night, Dec. 9, by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Tisa here. Seized...
BACOLOD CITY – An 85-year-old woman was killed in a fire that destroyed her two-story house in Purok 6, Barangay Talubangi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 3 Alfie Gravela, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Kabankalan, said the...
