(Photo from Rizal PPO) A 67-year-old taxi driver who was applying for a police clearance was arrested by the Angono Police on Tuesday, Feb. 4, after discovering that he has a standing warrant of arrest for the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2015. Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO)...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian expects improvements to the job readiness and employability of senior high school (SHS) graduates ahead of the impending implementation of the revised senior high school (SHS) curriculum. The Department of Education (DepEd) recently announced that the revised SHS...
Senate President Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has joined calls to include all Filipinos aged 60 and above in the coverage of the monthly social pension given to indigent senior citizens. This, after a group of citizens called on the Senate for the immediate passage of a universal social pension...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo speaks to her fellow rallyists outside the Senate in Pasay City (Rep. Quimbo’s office) Showing her commitment to senior citizens' welfare, Marikina 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo joined a...
A group of senior citizens on Monday, January 20 trooped to the Senate to rally for the passage of a bill that aims to grant social pension to all senior citizens in the country. The United Senior Citizens (USC) Party-list led by Rep. Milagros Aquino-Magsaysay urged the Senate to expedite...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A measure that seeks to expand the coverage of senior citizens’ privileges and benefits--including the introduction of new discounts--has been approved at the committee level in the House of Representatives. The House Committee on...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to investigate certain drugstores that refuse to grant discounts to senior citizens without a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the just-enacted 2025 national budget will continue subsidizing free assessments for the issuance of national certifications (NCs) for senior high school (SHS) learners under the...
ITOGON, Benguet – An 84-year-old man was killed in a fire that razed his house in Sitio Bay-o, Barangay Tuding, this town, before dawn on Thursday, Dec. 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Itogon identified the victim as Felino Balalong Sr. Investigation said that the victim was cooking...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, December 26 lauded the Department of Health (DOH) for scrapping the need for senior citizens to present their medical purchase booklet to avail of the mandated 20 percent discount on medicines. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
Senate Minority Leader Aqulino "Koko" Pimentel III (Senate PRIB) Saying he can "relate" to it, Senate Minority Leader Aqulino "Koko" Pimentel III, has hailed the Department of Health's (DOH) decision to do away with the purchase booklet...
Senior Citizen party-list Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes lauded the decision of the Department of Health to do away with the purchase discount booklets for the senior citizens in buying medicines. In an interview, Ordanes said such a move would benefit around 12 million senior citizens across...
