Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., on Wednesday, December 18 urged the National Commission of Senior citizens (NCSC) to fully implement the Expanded Centenarian Law or Republic Act 11982 in January 2025. Revilla warned the NCSC it will face the ire of the country’s senior citizens and...
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...
Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. (Abalos media) Senatorial aspirant Atty. Benhur Abalos Jr. has expressed strong support for a pro-senior citizens measure that recently received the final nod of...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure that would allow senior citizens to be employed even after reaching retirement age. House Bill (HB) No. 10985, or the proposed Employment Opportunities for...
Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes (Facebook) Senior Citizens Party-list Representative Rodolfo "Ompong" Ordanes might have gray hair already, but he has no intention of slowing down in terms of his work as a legislator. In...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding senators to pass before the end of the 19th Congress the counterpart to the House-passed measure on an expanded social safety net initiative granting a monthly stipend to all...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Over four million indigent Filipino senior citizens who are now getting the law-mandated monthly pension of P1,000 are set to enjoy this benefit in 2025 thanks to the P49.8-billion outlay for this social protection program...
Indigent senior citizens can now receive their social pension monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly, rather than the previous semi-annual schedule, according to a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) official on Thursday, Aug. 29. In a memorandum circular (MC) to all regional directors,...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao clarified on Wednesday, Aug. 21 that its social pension program is only for indigent senior citizens. This statement was issued to address any confusion about eligibility for the Social Pension for Indigent Senior...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) At 68 years old, Celia Esguerra still has to look after her three grandchildren. The eldest has just stepped foot in college, the middle is in Grade 8, and the youngest is in preschool....
(Unsplash) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan believes that the State should have a mechanism to help senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) find jobs. For this purpose, the rookie congressman filed House Bill (HB)...
President Marcos announced that indigent senior citizens in the country will receive a P1,000 allowance from the government “to supplement their daily living and medical expenses.” President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and senior citizens (Malacañang/MANILA BULLETIN) In “The...
