This week is officially “Elderly Filipino Week,” a celebration backed up by two legislative acts: first, Republic Act (RA) 11350, also known as the “National Commission of Senior Citizen Act,” which mandates the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) to “ensure the full...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly Japanese died in a fire that hit his house in Purok Lumboy, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, October 3. The victim was identified as 80-year-old Gaiji Fukuda. A JAPANESE national was killed in a fire in Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City,...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has urged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to make sure that there will be funding for the increase in the monthly social pension of the country's indigent senior citizens. Villanueva, the principal sponsor of the Increased Social Pension...
President Marcos directed government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to support senior citizen activities during the annual celebration of the Elderly Filipino Week. Through Memorandum Circular No. 34 dated Sept. 29 and signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Marcos ordered the...
BACOLOD CITY – An 89-year-old woman died after she was hit by a motorcycle while crossing a street in Barangay San Jose, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, September 30. Police identified the victim as Francisca Ortega of Barangay San Jose. Police Senior Master Sgt. Aldrin Alindao,...
More child victims, former and incumbent members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc. (SBSI) are now “communicating” with the Senate with the intention of testifying against the leaders of the alleged cult. SBSI president Jey Rence Quilario, who is also known as 'Senior Agila,' during...
The country’s octogenarians and nonagenarians can now look forward to receiving cash gifts from the government as the bill expanding the coverage of the “Centenarians Act of 2016” has successfully hurdled the Senate’s third and final reading. Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.,...
SENIOR BYAHERO It’s more fun in the Philippines. Especially if you’re a senior citizen who loves traveling by public transportation. Under Republic Act No. 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, senior citizens which the law defines as any resident citizens of the Philippines at...
Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa believes that the minor victims of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) or the so-called Socorro "cult" have no reason to lie about the trauma they experienced. (Senate PRIB photo) For Dela Rosa, he sees no reason or motivation for the witnesses who are aged 12 to...
A Senate panel has cited in contempt four members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) or the so-called Socorro "cult" including its President or leader Jey Rence Quilario also known as "Senior Agila" after consistently denying the existence of child marriage in their community. ...
The leader of the so-called Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) or the Socorro 'cult' Jey Rence Quilario surfaced on Thursday, Sept. 28, denying the allegations being thrown at the group specifically the abuses, forced marriages and rape among its members. (Senate PRIB photo) This was...
GUEST COLUMNIST The news that Ayala Avenue and portions of Paseo de Roxas and Makati Avenue in Makati commercial district shall be made car-free every Sunday morning for the month of September got me excited. More than opportunity to explore the busiest streets of the country leisurely on...
