The House special committee on senior citizens on Thursday, May 27, gave its approval on the proposed laws to further expand the benefits of senior citizens in paying water and electricity bills. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) House Bills No. 1903 and 3040 both seek to amend the...
The National Task Force (NTF) will leave to health experts the decision on whether or not to approve the proposal by a group of businessmen allowing senior citizens who were inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to dine in restaurants. NTF spokesperson Restituto Padilla Jr. said the...
Senators Nancy Binay and Cynthia Villar on Tuesday, May 25, debated on whether the government’s policy restricting vaccinated senior citizens from going out should be eased or not. Senator Nancy Binay (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) At the hearing of the Senate’s...
The government has appealed to senior citizens to refrain from going out of their houses and continue following other health and safety protocols even after receiving their coronavirus vaccines. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Taguig City resident at a vaccination bus parked...
The government's pandemic task force has placed governors and mayors further up in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list, putting them right behind medical frontliners and ahead of senior citizens. A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in...
Senator Grace Poe on Saturday, May 15, appealed to concerned government agencies to help senior citizens find jobs and sources of livelihood from their homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Poe specifically called for more livelihood and training programs for...
His harrowing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) experience finally behind him, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny D. Antiporda is now on a quest to save as many lives as possible from the dreaded ailment. DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda (Photo courtesy of...
Senator Joel Villanueva urged the government to consider rolling out home and drive-thru vaccinations for senior citizens. Villanueva's proposals come on the heels of the World Immunization Week which starts Saturday, April 24, saying these are the "safest and most convenient" mode of inoculation...
