BACOLOD CITY – A heated argument led an elderly man to kill his younger brother on Sunday, August 14, at Purok Kalubihan in Barangay Bacong, Bago City, Negros Occidental. A police officer talks to an elderly man after stabbing his younger brother in Barangay Bacong, Bago City, Negros...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, we received some good news that among several bills that recently lapsed into law was the increase in the social pension for indigent senior citizens from the present ₱500 to ₱1,000 per month or from ₱6,000 to ₱12,000 annually. We filed this bill...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A 64-year-old man facing charges of six counts of rape was arrested by authorities in Masinloc, Zambales on Thursday, August 11. According to reports from the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3), elements of Masinloc Police together with the...
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....
