Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has sought an investigation into the tax leakages supposedly due to the proliferation and unscrupulous use of bogus person with disability (PWD) identification cards. Gatchalian, in filing Senate Resolution No. 1239, said he has received reports of individuals...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo blew his top on Tuesday, Nov. 19 after the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) thumbed down a measure that would require private companies to hire...
(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)...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. has sought a review of the implementation of Batas Pambansa 344, otherwise known as the “Accessibility Law” that mandates buildings, institutions, establishments and public utilities to install facilities to enhance the mobility of persons with disabilities...
A photo of the viral wheelchair ramp at the recently added Philam busway station along EDSA in Quezon City is flashed on screen during a press conference at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) headquarters in Pasig City on July 19, 2024. MMDA acting Chairman Don Artes admits that...
Advocates for the advancement of the rights of persons with disability (PWDs) will build a haven for the handicapped, cancer patients, and the elderly in Antipolo City in Rizal. Eljoy Lagan, leader of the Antipolo-based cooperative for the PWDs, said the home seeks to provide shelter for the...
The Design Center of the Philippines (DCP), an agency under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), spent P1.9 million of the budget allocated for senior citizens and persons with disability (SCPDs) for other plans and programs in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2023 annual...
(Unsplash) Ang Probinsyano Party-List Rep. Alfred delos Santos faced some 100 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Quezon City on Tuesday, May 21 and vowed to file a "Special PWD Act". Delos Santos said the measure will provide a P1,000 monthly financial...
BACOLOD CITY – A 37-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) was gunned down by the New People’s Army (NPA) in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on May 9. Police Major Sherwin Fernandez, La Castellana police chief, said the victim, who was partially blind, was on his way to his sister’s house...
DAVAO CITY – Every day, 38-year-old Angelito Ducosaring wakes up at 4 a.m. to prepare food for his two children before going to school. DUCOSARING at work. (Keith Bacongco) Two hours later, he boards a jeep from Matina District here for a nine-kilometer ride to his mobile phone...
CELLPHONE technician Angelito Ducosaring repairs a mobile phone in his makeshift shop on Magsaysay Ave. in Davao City on Monday, May 6, 2024. The 38-year-old technician has been repairing electronic gadgets for the past 13 years despite his disability. (Keith Bacongco)
The proposed office for persons with disability (PWDs) in Bontoc town, Mountain Province lacked the proper architectural facilities or structural features to enhance the mobility, safety, and welfare of its intended beneficiaries, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its audit report. ...
