Three people were reportedly killed, while two others were critically injured, after a speeding car driven by a senior citizen crashed into a motorcycle and a sidewalk in Barangay San Isidro, Angono, Rizal, on Sunday, March 15. The Angono Municipal Police Station said the 66-year-old female driver...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) delivered social pension assistance directly to a bedridden senior citizen in a remote mountain village in Quirino Province after a viral video showed him being transported down a rugged path on a carabao-drawn cart to claim his aid. DSWD...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will start using the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), or National ID, as the primary identification for the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens beginning April 1. Senior citizens who have not yet registered with PhilSys are...
MATAG-OB, Leyte – To promote the continued employment of capable senior citizens and ensure equal job opportunities, the Sangguniang Bayan of Matag-ob has approved the Senior Citizens Employment and Participation Ordinance of Matag-ob, Leyte. Municipal Ordinance No. 227, Series of 2025, mandates...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso personally led the distribution of milestone cash gifts to senior citizens aged 80, 85, 90, and 95 during a ceremony at the Don Bosco Covered Court on Road 10 in Tondo, Manila, on Monday, March 9. A total of 3,703 elderly Manileños will receive...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – A 71-year-old woman was killed in a fire that destroyed a chapel in Purok 6, Barangay Sapinit, this city, on Friday, March 6. Police identified the victim as Mila. Investigation said Mila was sleeping inside a room in the chapel where she was staying when the fire...
A 60-year-old senior citizen tagged as a high-value individual (HVI) wanted for illegal drugs was arrested by the Makati City Police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Olympia, Makati City, last Feb. 25. According to Southern Police District (SPD) Director Brig. Gen. Randy Arceo, the suspect,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Twenty-one indigent elderlies received post-Valentine’s Day gifts from the Police Regional Office-8 Press Corps in partnership with the Police Regional Office-8 in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte over the weekend. The activity was part of the PRO-8 Press Corps’ advocacy to build...
A Senate bill is seeking to provide mechanisms to make polling places readily available to PWDs, pregnant women, and indigenous people. Senator Mark Villar filed Senate Bill No. 1698, titled “An Act Enhancing Accessibility in the Voting of Senior Citizens, Persons with Disabilities, Pregnant...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The National Commission for Senior Citizens has condemned the recent ambush of a retired Army colonel who served as regional president of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines in the Socsksargen region. NCSC Commissioner Edwin Espejo urged police...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to make voting more accessible for Filipinos in vulnerable situations by expanding the law on local absentee voting and improving polling facilities nationwide. Estrada, in filing Senate Bill No. 1075, sought alternative modes of voting for...
Senior citizen couple Manuel Bulong Delos Santos and Mae Jean Dolar Baladiang exchanged their vows and professed their timeless love for each other during their civil wedding held at the Manila City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso officiated the wedding of...