Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa announced on Monday, Dec. 23 that senior citizens will no longer need to present a purchase booklet to receive a 20 percent discount on medicines under Republic Act No. 9994, or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010. The decision was...
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...
The Police Regional Office-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) is all hands on deck in the pursuit of the kidnappers of an American citizen in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, Oct. 17. EASTMAN Police or the family of 26-year-old Elliott Onil Eastman have yet to receive any contact or demands from the...
An American national was kidnapped in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte on Thursday, Oct. 17. Police Regional Office-9 chief Police Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding identified the victim as Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, from the state of Vermont in the United States. EASTMAN (FB) "We confirm that...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged full support and enactment into law of two Senate Bills (SBs) that seek to improve geriatric care for senior citizens in the country. SB 979 on Senior Citizens’ Hospital Act and SB No. 2687 on Philippine Geriatric Center Act seek to ensure that...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A 65-year-old woman died after she was hit in the head multiple times by her younger brother with a bamboo stick in Barangay Lipit, Manaoag, Pangasinan on Friday afternoon, August 9. Police identified the victim as Leticia Soriano-Idor. Investigation said Idor was...
BACOLOD CITY – A 62-year-old man died and four persons were injured after a delivery van crashed into a waiting shed in Bangga Pedion, Barangay Tabao Proper, Valladolid, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning, August 8. Police identified the fatality as Arnaldo Amboboyog of Barangay Bagumbayan,...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – An American tourist drowned in the sea at Saud Beach Resort in Barangay Saud, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Saturday afternoon, July 27. The victim was identified only as John. Police said residents recovered the victim and responding personnel of the Bureau of Fire...
RIZAL, Cagayan – A 78-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease drowned in a pond near her house in Barangay Annaguan here on Friday, July 26. Police Executive Master Sergeant Ariel Simon of the municipal police station identified the victim as Felipa Bambalan. Investigation said...
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KI The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has pressed for the passage into law of various bills in Congress that seek to establish a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) that would address the conditions of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in detention facilities nationwide....
Japanese-owned manufacturing firm Citizen Finedevice Philippines Corp. strides on its sustainability journey with the switch-on of its solar rooftop facility that was energized by MSpectrum, the solar solutions business unit of Manila Electric Company. The green energy facility with a capacity of...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) looks forward to the enactment into law of House Bill No. 10423 that would provide monthly social pension to all senior citizens regardless of their financial status. Currently, only indigent seniors receive a monthly social pension of P500. House Bill...
