DAVAO CITY – Police arrested a 70-year-old woman after she allegedly killed her house help and later left her body on the street at Deca Homes Subdivision in Barangay Cabantian here on Sunday, June 18. The Davao City Police Office identified the victim as Shiela Han-ay Lagsaway, 29, from Don...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A House leader is urging local government unit (LGU) executives to help the government establish an accurate database for the estimated 12.3-million elderly Filipinos nationwide. According to Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, the national listing or cataloguing of...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – Police nabbed on Thursday afternoon, June 15, four suspects in the murder of a 63-year-old carpenter in Barangay Poblacion 2 here on Tuesday, June 13. Police Lt. Col. Rolly Oranza, municipal police chief, identified the suspects as Mark Anthony Jorolan Aguit,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development said 1,494 senior citizens in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte received cash assistance totaling P5.3 million on Independence Day. THE DSWD-Caraga and Landbank of the Philippines distribute cash cards to senior citizens from Buenavista,...
Health Secretary Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa has vowed to designate a focal person within the Department of Health (DOH) who would focus on handling the welfare of the country’s senior citizens. Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa (MB File Photo) Herbosa said this...
A total of P36,468,500 was disbursed by the Makati City local government for the cash incentives for its senior citizen Blu Card holders, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Wednesday, June 7. According to Binay, 21,245 senior Makatizens benefitted from the cash incentive and added that the...
Calls to discontinue the implementation of the Senior High School (SHS) resurfaced as its graduates struggled with employment opportunities the program offered when it was institutionalized. Senior High School graduates (DepEd file photo) While the Senior High School (SHS) under K to 12 program...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar has filed a bill requiring all graduating senior high school and college students to plant two trees each as a civic duty for environment protection and preservation. In the explanatory note of Senate Bill (SB) 2228, an Act to be known as the “Graduating Students for...
The Makati City local government has relaunched its free movie program for the city's senior citizens on Thursday, June 1. The launch was held in Glorietta 4 and was attended by Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, Vice Mayor Monique Lagdameo, Makati City 2nd District Rep. Luis Campos, and officials from...
House Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Rep. Arroyo's office) House Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has opened up to how she really felt upon losing her post as senior deputy speaker to Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. Judging by her...
SENIOR BYAHERO When I was trying to complete the list of 81 provinces I visited, Masbate was the last I visited in Luzon. That was in 2016 when I finally ticked off Masbate from my list when I hopped on a boat from Pasacao in Camarines Norte to Burias Island to do some island hopping. But...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 1,473 senior citizens received their social pension in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental on Friday, May 12. GOV. Bong Lacson leads the distribution of the social pension to one of the 1,473 senior citizens in rites held at Haven of Grace in Barangay Utod, Pulupandan,...
