(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading on Monday afternoon, May 8 the proposed Act providing for early voting by qualified senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), lawyers, and human resources for health in national and local elections....
Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN) Here's a novel idea from P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon that could potentially help out a good portion of "unbanked" Filipinos. According to Guanzon, persons with disability (PWD) IDs and senior citizen IDs should be allowed by banks for the purpose of...
Around 619 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Quezon City have received social welfare assistance from the city government on Wednesday, April 5. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led the distribution of the said aid at the Quezon City Hall, which provides the PWDs with P1,500 subsidy per quarter...
The Muntinlupa City government provided services to nearly 200 homebound persons with disabilities (PWDs). Under the “Oplan Bisita” program, the city government’s Persons With Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) assisted the PWDs in the first quarter of the year and gave them services from...
CARMONA, Cavite – The municipal government, through its Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO), inaugurated a coffee shop manned by deaf personnel and persons with Down syndrome on Friday, March 31. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and marker unveiling at DEAFinitely HAPPY Store were led by...
A bill mandating the establishment of polling precincts exclusively for senior citizens and accessible for persons with disabilities (PWDs) has been filed in the Senate. Senate Bill No. 1642, filed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada specifically seeks to amend Republic Act No. 10366,...
"Today, we express our love once again to our special friends in our midst. Today, we show that we care about their well-being. Today, we show that we shall always walk in solidarity to ensure that they have a bright future." This was one of the key points of SM Cares Program Director for Persons...
In a bid to multiply initiatives that will benefit persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the city, the Mandaluyong City local government partnered with Project Inclusion Network Inc., a non-profit organization (NPO), on a capacity-building and empowerment program for PWDs. MANDALUYONG PIO / MANILA...
The Pasig City local government visited Carmona, Cavite on Thursday, Feb. 2, to study the town's projects and efforts for its persons with disability (PWD) residents. The city government said that the benchmarking visit's main goal is to learn and adopt the town's good practices in conducting its...
The city government of Manila and the Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) forged on Tuesday, Jan. 31, a new partnership opening more employment opportunities to the city's senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). In a set of photos posted on its officials Facebook page, the Manila Public...
A total of 226 persons with disabilities (PWDs) from various sectors in Pasig City voted for the first time the top nominees for the new head of the Pasig Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) during their general assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 31. PASIG PIO / MANILA BULLETIN The agenda of the general...
Department of Social Welfare and Development As part of its efforts to bring government programs closer to marginalized Filipinos, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted simultaneous payout activities for its cash-for-work program for persons with disability (PWDs) in...
