Senator Erwin Tulfo said that the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) should provide free prescription eyeglasses and hearing aids to senior citizens. He said this during the inaugural hearing of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development. Sen. Risa...
ILOILO CITY – An elderly woman was killed in a fire on Saturday morning in this city two weeks after burying her husband. Authorities identified the victim as 75-year-old Teresita Senon Panelo, who was trapped on the second floor of her house in Barangay Oñate in Mandurriao District. The Bureau...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Council is seeking to expand its cash incentive program here for senior citizens by lowering the minimum age requirement from 80 to 75 and doubling the program’s annual budget to P10 million. The proposed amendment, authored by Councilor Caesar Distrito and co-authored...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has filed a bill seeking to create a dedicated institution for the care of the country’s growing elderly population. Go filed Senate Bill No. 411 or the proposed Senior Citizens’ Hospital Act of 2025 at the start of the 20th Congress saying the measure aims to...
A 72-year-old man, tagged as Rizal Province 's most wanted person for attempted murder, was finally arrested by the police after six years of hiding, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. Rizal PPO chief Col. Felipe Maraggun identified the suspect as “Teodulo,” a resident of...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A septuagenarian was stabbed dead by his neighbor during an argument regarding the installation of a wire in a wooden fence in Purok 5, Barangay Kapaluhan, this city, on Thursday morning, June 12. Police identified the victim as Francis, 73. Investigation said the victim was...
An elderly voter who collapsed after casting his vote in Oas, Albay died on election day, May 12, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported. The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) identified the fatality as Nestor Rensales, 65. Rensales had just finished casting his vote around 6:05 a.m....
The CCTV footage of the incident taken right before the elderly woman was hit by the container truck. (Photo from Barangay Maybunga) A 62-year-old woman died on the spot after she was hit by a container truck while crossing C. Raymundo Avenue in Barangay Maybunga, Pasig City on Monday...
Age-based discrimination resulting in unemployment, inadequate social security, and restricted access to healthcare are some of the most pressing problems currently faced by the country's senior citizens that need to be addressed by the government, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. These...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the rollout of the P10,000 cash gift to elderly beneficiaries of a 2024 law granting the bonanza to all senior citizens once they reach 80, 85, 90 or 95 years of...
The local government of Pasig City on Thursday, March 20, inaugurated its Japan-style elderly care facility which features affordable smart care technology to improve the services for seniors in the city. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto (center) leads the inauguration of the Pasig Magokoro Elderly Care...
A 61-year-old man was arrested by the Rodriguez Rizal Police Station for raping his then 16-year-old neighbor in Barangay San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal, in June 2023. The suspect was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued against him for statutory rape on Feb. 20 this year. Based on the...
