CEBU CITY – The family of a 27-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) who was fatally shot by a policeman is crying for justice. Milagros Suico said Police Staff Sgt. Florante Hoyle, the alleged killer of her son, Leo Vergel Fin Suico, should rot in jail. “Manawagan kog hustisya sa akung anak,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has stepped in to provide immediate and comprehensive assistance to a person with disability (PWD) who was subjected to physical abuse inside a public utility bus. Following the incident, the Crisis Intervention Unit of the DSWD-Central Office...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday, June 13, denounced the physical abuse of a person with disability (PWD) aboard a public bus, describing the incident as “inhumane.” A video of the assault, which has circulated on social media, shows the victim visibly...
An alleged person with disability (PWD) was punched, kicked, choked, and temporarily incapacitated with a taser while inside a public utility bus (PUB) along the EDSA Busway in a now-viral video that prompted the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to summon officials from...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed as "morally reprehensible" a smear political campaign that used a video of a 57-year-old woman with a psychological disability in Pasig City. The video showed the woman allegedly criticizing Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto for his reported lack of...
Mayor Vico Sotto Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto slammed the use of persons with disabilities (PWDs) for politics and mudslinging following a now-viral video clip of a 57-year-old resident diagnosed with psychological disability allegedly being exploited for the sake of campaigning in the upcoming May...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is launching a nationwide crackdown on fake Persons with Disability (PWD) identification cards to protect legitimate PWD privileges and prevent government revenue losses. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. expressed that the bureau maintains a...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has commended the management of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for designating two bays for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and opening the main arrival curbside to all passengers, not only for those considered as very important persons (VIPs)....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Friday, Feb. 14, backed calls for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to establish a unified system for Person With Disability (PWD) IDs amid its widespread misuse. He also said that the House of Representatives was preparing a parallel measure...
The parents of a 5-year-old boy from Cainta, Rizal were dumbfounded when they discovered that their son's Persons with Disability (PWD) ID was allegedly not found in the Department of Health's (DOH) PWD online database. According to Dino Versoza, the boy's father, the PWD ID of his son was not...
Police Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), has ordered an intensified campaign against the proliferation of fake senior citizen and persons with disability (PWD) identification cards amid concerns of the abuse of discount privilege that are...
The Restaurant Owners of the Philippines (Resto PH) has warned that the proliferation of counterfeit Persons with Disabilities (PWD) cards is crippling the restaurant industry, pushing many establishments to the brink of collapse. In a statement, Resto PH said that the widespread abuse of the PWD...
