Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has filed a bill that aims to expand and give equal employment opportunities to senior citizens and to encourage private companies to hire the elderly. (Alexas Fotos/ Unsplash) Villanueva said, “There is a need to provide opportunities for our senior...
The Catholic Grandparents Association of the Philippines is inviting grandparents and the elderly to join the Second Online National Conference for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 24 to 26 at 5 p.m. World Day of Grandparents & the Elderly (FACEBOOK) With the theme “In old age they will...
BAGUIO CITY -- For the first time, the city government will build a complex for the elderly and ex-rebels in Baguio city. Half of the complex will serve as retirement homes for the elderly, while the other half will be allotted for the former rebels in the city and nearby localities. The cost of...
A reelected congressman is hoping that outgoing President Duterte will sign an amendatory law doubling the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens from P500 to P1,000 before the latter steps down from office at the end of the month. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook)...
Photo by E Mens from Unsplash. In a utopian world, every senior citizen would leave the world after a life that was both meaningful and productive. This may seem like a pipe dream, but this is the case in the Netherlands where an untraditional elderly care model called ‘care farms’ empower...
IGUIG, Cagayan -- Two female oldies were killed after being hit by a Yamaha scooter while crossing a dangerous stretch along National Road in Cagayan on Friday afternoon. Staff Sergeant Dimetro Q Narag Jr, investigator-on-case, identified victims as Rosa Blanco, 70, and Juanita Herrera, 85. Both...
BACOLOD CITY - An elderly man died after he was sideswiped by a Ceres Liner bus in Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Tuesday. A policeman checks the scene in Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, where an elderly man died in a road acciddnt Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of...
The elderly in areas under an Alert Level 1 status may now safely go outdoors as long as they observe and properly practice minimum public health standards, a health expert said on Friday, March 18. “Older persons may safely go out in Level 1 areas, whether they are frail or robust, but it is...
A 61-year old man died after being hit by a car along Bilbao St. corner P. Hererra St., Brgy 2, in Tondo, Manila on Sunday, Feb. 20. The Vehicular Traffic Investigation Section (VTIS) of the Manila District Traffic Enforcement Unit (MDTEU) identified the deceased elderly man as Vicente Amion, 61....
A vaccine expert from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Nov. 18, that the elderly should also be urgently prioritized in the country’s administration of booster shots against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP)...
EDITORS DESK Art Samaniego While it looks like senior citizens are often a target for cybercriminals, the truth is, bad guys are randomly looking for people they could scam online. Cybercriminals do not discriminate based on race, religion, nationality, color, gender, sexual orientation, social...
Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday vowed to pursue the welfare and protection of the country’s elderly citizens as she seeks another term in the Senate. De Lima said she will make sure that the voices and concerns of senior citizens are properly heard and addressed as she seeks another six-year...
