Senator Risa Hontiveros filed anew the bill creating a specialty hospital for senior citizens saying they deserve to receive quality and age-appropriate healthcare. In filing Senate Bill No. 1302 or the proposed Philippine Geriatric Center (PGC) Act, Hontiveros sought to upgrade the current...
The Manila city government assured the city 's senior citizens that they will continue to receive their nutrition supplement drink as part of its boosted efforts in ensuring their health and wellness. According to the city government, officials from Abbott, the supplier of Ensure milk that is...
Manileño senior citizens will once again receive cakes on their birthday courtesy of the city government after Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso revived the city 's birthday cake-giving tradition on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Introduced during his first tenure as mayor, Domagoso explained...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay personally led the house-to-house distribution of unclaimed cash incentives to Makati Blu Card holders who failed to receive them last year. Binay said more than 12,000 elderly residents failed to receive their cash incentives last year, citing the lack of cellphones...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced on Wednesday, Aug. 20, that health certificates issued in the city will now be valid for one year, replacing the previous policy under which all certificates expired on Dec. 31 of the year they were issued. Domagoso made the move following his...
Dozens of Mandaluyong City senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), solo parents, and 4Ps beneficiaries received free health services and medicines on Saturday, Aug. 9, courtesy of the city government and PhilHealth, as part of the latter 's Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (YAKAP)....
Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes on Friday, Aug. 8, said they are pushing the “Iskolar ng Bayan” program to help grandparents who are supporting their grandchildren’s education. During a press conference in Pasig City, Ordanes said they are proposing to allocate...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has filed a bill seeking to create a dedicated institution for the care of the country’s growing elderly population. Go filed Senate Bill No. 411 or the proposed Senior Citizens’ Hospital Act of 2025 at the start of the 20th Congress saying the measure aims to...
Senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) have started getting a 50-percent fare discount in all train lines in Metro Manila — LRT-1, LRT-2, and MRT-3. This, after President Marcos launched the 50-percent fare discount for senior citizens and PWDs on Wednesday, July 16, at the MRT-3...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly couple was killed in a fire that razed their two-story house in Barangay Taculing here before dawn on Monday, June 30. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod identified the fatalities as Edison, 80, and his wife Emelyn, 81. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay on Friday, June 27, announced that the city government is now providing full doses of free multivitamins and maintenance medications to over 30,000 senior citizens aged 60 to 69 and persons with disabilities (PWDs) as part of its expanded medical service program for...
The Makati City government announced on Monday, June 16, the passing of an ordinance granting an additional P1,000 in the cash incentive given by the city government to registered senior citizens of the city effective this July. Makati City Mayor Abby Binay inked City Ordinance No. 2025-104,...
