Senior Citizens Party-list Representative Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes expressed his deep concern over the recent brutal killing of a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Matalam town, in North Cotabato. The victim, retired Col. Leonardo Songcaya, is the president of the...
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...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, expressed strong support for President Marcos’ digital reform agenda aimed at strengthening education-to-employment pathways. DepEd conveyed its support during the launch of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority...
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...
The Police Regional Office-3 recovered on Saturday an abandoned Sports Utility Vehicle allegedly used in the recent killing of a policewoman and her eight-year-old child – Police Senior Master Sgt. Dianne Marie Mollenido and John Ysmael. The vehicle, a metallic gray Toyota Fortuner with a...
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...
Police on Friday said that the body of a young boy found in a calamansi farm in Barangay Maluid, Victoria, Tarlac on Thursday, Jan. 29, is that of John Ysmael, son of slain Police Senior Master Sgt. Dianne Marie Mollenido. The body was discovered at around 2:50 p.m. by a resident while harvesting...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced a major transformation in the Senior High School (SHS) technical-vocational (tech-voc) program, shifting from a static curriculum to a dynamic, data-driven model closely aligned with real-time industry demands. In a statement issued Thursday,...
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...
The Senior Citizens Party-list has denounced allegations of the group 's involvement in the so-called “Cabral Files” saying such information is “fake news.” “There is no truth to this allegation!” Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo "Ompong" Ordanes stressed. Ordanes said that...
