CEBU CITY – For the second time this year, a senior citizen was arrested for allegedly peddling illegal drugs. The 62-year-old suspect, known only as Kimpang, was arrested on Tuesday night, Dec. 9, by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Tisa here. Seized...
BACOLOD CITY – An 85-year-old woman was killed in a fire that destroyed her two-story house in Purok 6, Barangay Talubangi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday night, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 3 Alfie Gravela, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Kabankalan, said the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 72-year-old grandmother was fatally hit by an ambulance in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Police said the victim Maria was on board a tricycle when she saw her son riding a motorcycle. She ordered the tricycle to stop and disembarked....
A 63-year-old barker was bludgeoned to death by his tricycle driver neighbor with a baseball bat on Dagupan Extension in Tondo, Manila, last Oct. 28, authorities said. Based on the police report, the victim 's relative said the old man visited them to collect the payment for his room for rent...
A 70-year-old helper was found dead inside the house of her employer in Barangay San Isidro, Taytay, Rizal, the Taytay Municipal Police said on Monday, Oct. 27. According to the police, the victim and the 45-year-old suspect, who worked as a caregiver for the victim 's employer, had a heated...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has signed a memorandum granting citizens and civil society organizations (CSOs) full access to monitor the agency’s infrastructure projects from procurement to completion. The initiative, known as the Citizen Participatory...
Manila Vice Mayor Chi Atienza joined Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso in the Elderly Week Celebration in Don Bosco, Tondo, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, and reaffirmed the city government’s commitment to senior citizens. Atienza highlighted the distribution of P300 million in allowances and the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing for the passage of the bill providing all senior citizens with a P1,500 monthly social pension to augment their daily living expenses. Hontiveros filed Senate Bill No. 215 or the Lingap Para Kay Lolo at Lola Act which is one of her priority bills for the 20th...
Senator Erwin Tulfo said that the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) should provide free prescription eyeglasses and hearing aids to senior citizens. He said this during the inaugural hearing of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development. Sen. Risa...
ILOILO CITY – An elderly woman was killed in a fire on Saturday morning in this city two weeks after burying her husband. Authorities identified the victim as 75-year-old Teresita Senon Panelo, who was trapped on the second floor of her house in Barangay Oñate in Mandurriao District. The Bureau...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Council is seeking to expand its cash incentive program here for senior citizens by lowering the minimum age requirement from 80 to 75 and doubling the program’s annual budget to P10 million. The proposed amendment, authored by Councilor Caesar Distrito and co-authored...
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...
