The CCTV footage of the incident taken right before the elderly woman was hit by the container truck. (Photo from Barangay Maybunga) A 62-year-old woman died on the spot after she was hit by a container truck while crossing C. Raymundo Avenue in Barangay Maybunga, Pasig City on Monday...
Age-based discrimination resulting in unemployment, inadequate social security, and restricted access to healthcare are some of the most pressing problems currently faced by the country's senior citizens that need to be addressed by the government, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. These...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the rollout of the P10,000 cash gift to elderly beneficiaries of a 2024 law granting the bonanza to all senior citizens once they reach 80, 85, 90 or 95 years of...
The local government of Pasig City on Thursday, March 20, inaugurated its Japan-style elderly care facility which features affordable smart care technology to improve the services for seniors in the city. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto (center) leads the inauguration of the Pasig Magokoro Elderly Care...
A 61-year-old man was arrested by the Rodriguez Rizal Police Station for raping his then 16-year-old neighbor in Barangay San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal, in June 2023. The suspect was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued against him for statutory rape on Feb. 20 this year. Based on the...
The local government of Pasig is now finalizing the implementation of its expanded Centenarian Incentive program which aims to provide cash gifts to senior citizens who are 80, 85, 90, 95, and 100 years old to formally recognize them as beneficiaries. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 has ordered the Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Police Office to fast-track the investigation on the murder of an American national in Trento, Agusan del Sur on Feb. 2. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher N. Abrahano told Agusan del Sur PPO...
(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)...
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...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa announced on Monday, Dec. 23 that senior citizens will no longer need to present a purchase booklet to receive a 20 percent discount on medicines under Republic Act No. 9994, or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010. The decision was...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called for the creation of homes for the elderly managed by local government units (LGUs) as he noted a growing number of abandoned senior citizens in the country. Gatchalian made the call during the Senate deliberations on the proposed budget of the National...
The Police Regional Office-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) is all hands on deck in the pursuit of the kidnappers of an American citizen in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, Oct. 17. EASTMAN Police or the family of 26-year-old Elliott Onil Eastman have yet to receive any contact or demands from the...
