Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes on Friday, Aug. 8, said they are pushing the “Iskolar ng Bayan” program to help grandparents who are supporting their grandchildren’s education. During a press conference in Pasig City, Ordanes said they are proposing to allocate...
ILOILO CITY – An elderly woman was killed in a fire on Saturday morning in this city two weeks after burying her husband. Authorities identified the victim as 75-year-old Teresita Senon Panelo, who was trapped on the second floor of her house in Barangay Oñate in Mandurriao District. The Bureau...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Council is seeking to expand its cash incentive program here for senior citizens by lowering the minimum age requirement from 80 to 75 and doubling the program’s annual budget to P10 million. The proposed amendment, authored by Councilor Caesar Distrito and co-authored...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has filed a bill seeking to create a dedicated institution for the care of the country’s growing elderly population. Go filed Senate Bill No. 411 or the proposed Senior Citizens’ Hospital Act of 2025 at the start of the 20th Congress saying the measure aims to...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has filed criminal charges against individuals accused of defrauding the Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program. In a bold move to protect public funds and uphold integrity in education, DepEd, under the leadership of Secretary Sonny Angara, announced that it...
Senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) have started getting a 50-percent fare discount in all train lines in Metro Manila — LRT-1, LRT-2, and MRT-3. This, after President Marcos launched the 50-percent fare discount for senior citizens and PWDs on Wednesday, July 16, at the MRT-3...
Amid renewed public scrutiny and growing calls for its abolishment, the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) on Friday, July 11, issued a strong appeal to preserve and reform the K to 12 basic education program. In a statement, PEAC stressed that while frustrations surrounding the...
The country’s leading Catholic education institutions on Tuesday, July 9, strongly opposed the proposed removal of Senior High School (SHS) from the Philippine education system, calling the move “untimely” and “dangerously shortsighted.” In a joint statement, the Catholic Educational...
Removing the K to 12 program, particularly its important component the Senior High School (SHS) would be a “step backward” for Philippine education and would disproportionately harm poor students, according to the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) and education stakeholders. Amid calls...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly couple was killed in a fire that razed their two-story house in Barangay Taculing here before dawn on Monday, June 30. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod identified the fatalities as Edison, 80, and his wife Emelyn, 81. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay on Friday, June 27, announced that the city government is now providing full doses of free multivitamins and maintenance medications to over 30,000 senior citizens aged 60 to 69 and persons with disabilities (PWDs) as part of its expanded medical service program for...
A 72-year-old man, tagged as Rizal Province 's most wanted person for attempted murder, was finally arrested by the police after six years of hiding, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. Rizal PPO chief Col. Felipe Maraggun identified the suspect as “Teodulo,” a resident of...
