Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has filed a bill that aims to expand and give equal employment opportunities to senior citizens and to encourage private companies to hire the elderly. (Alexas Fotos/ Unsplash) Villanueva said, “There is a need to provide opportunities for our senior...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos spent his first day as senior deputy majority leader during the House plenary session Wednesday, July 27. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Screengrab from YouTube) As senior deputy majority leader, Marcos momentarily took over the plenary's...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) called the appointment of presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos as senior deputy majority leader of the Lower House "nepotism to the highest level." Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas - KMP (FACEBOOK) "As if the...
PBA Party-list Rep. Margarita "Migs" Nograles defended the election of Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos as senior deputy majority leader, saying the latter deserves the position and is capable of performing the duties that come with it. From left: PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles,...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte says the whole School Year 2022-23 is the time frame within which to conduct a comprehensive review of the country’s K-12 basic education program that has always been the object of close public scrutiny. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from...
Pampanga 2nd district Rep. and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been elected as senior deputy speaker in the 19th Congress, while five other lawmakers were elected as deputy speakers. Pampanga 2nd district Rep. and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Manila Bulletin File Photo)...
The Valenzuela City government started the distribution of the "Pasko sa Hulyo" rice bags to senior citizens in the city on Saturday, July 23. The distribution will be held for five days, from July 23-24, 29-31 in various redemption sites in different barangays, where the elderlies registered to...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A senior citizen’s body was torn apart when he was ran over by a Philippine National Railways (PNR) train in Purok Maligaya Curva, Barangay Ibabang Iyam, here Friday, July 22. The victim was identified through his senior citizen identification card as Noel Ligaya de Los...
CEBU CITY – An elderly woman who had just been released from jail was arrested in a buy-bust operation inside a drug den here Wednesday, July 20. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA Region 7) arrested the suspect, Violeta Morales, 61, in a drug den she allegedly...
A group of senior citizens voiced their support to what it called the “long overdue” purge of the list of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) Senior Citizen Party-list Rep. Rodolfo...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a measure seeking to increase the pension of senior citizens in the country. Sen. Risa Hontiveros(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) In filing Senate Bill No. 141 or the proposed “Lingap Para Kay Lolo at Lola Act,” Hontiveros sought to increase the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) All regions in the country have already fully-vaccinated more than 40 percent of their respective elderly population, the Department of Health (DOH) said on...
