As the campaign season for the May 2022 elections continues, Vice President Leni Robredo has a piece of advice to voters: If a candidate is claiming to care for a certain sector, ask for receipts. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) Robredo made the statement during the virtual Covenant...
The Quezon City government held a rights orientation for persons with disabilities (PWD) led by the city’s Persons with Disability Affairs Office (QC-PDAO) on Sunday, Feb. 6, at the Tandang Sora National High School covered court in Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City. The QC-PDAO conducted the...
By Cherrylin Caacbay A man was arrested by police after allegedly snatching a cellphone from an 18-year-old person with disability (PWD) in Malanday, Valenzuela City on Wednesday, Jan. 19. Police Senior Master Sgt. Roberto Santillan and Pat. John Ray Dina of Barangay Malanday Police Sub-Station 6...
By Khriscielle Yalao Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Pasig City will each receive P1,500 on Friday, Dec. 17, Saturday, Dec. 18, and Sunday, Dec. 20, as part of the Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO)’s annual Christmas cash gifts program for PWDs. The cash gifts will be distributed...
The Makati City local government distributed food packs to registered residents belonging to the Persons with Disability (PWD) sector on Tuesday, Nov. 8. According to the local government unit (LGU), 400 PWD residents have received their food subsidies distributed by the members of the Makati...
The Quezon City local government opened five satellite offices for the registration of persons with disabilities (PWDs). According to the QC Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO QC), the offices will process QC ID registration, accept PWD registration/renewal; receive requests, and issue...
The city government of Caloocan on Friday launched the mobile vaccination or the house-to-house vaccination for bedridden residents.
The mobile vaccination team will inoculate bedridden senior citizens and persons with disability (PWD) using Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine against...
This online shopping platform provides opportunities, especially this 8.8 sale More than ever, in this lockdown that we are currently in, we have to help keep our economy stable by supporting businesses, especially those that belong to the small and micro, and by persons with disabilities (PWDs)....
Josephine Lucero, 56, a person with disability (PWD) has been fighting for workers' rights since the 1980s. She is an amputee and has been fighting for the causes she believes in while hobbling on crutches with other street protesters. Lucero and her daughter joined groups of protesters during...
The San Juan City local government marked the 43rd National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week by giving due recognition to persons with disabilities (PWD) in the city. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together with city government officials and staff,...
A witness on the killing of an 18-year-old person with special needs in Valenzuela City has denied the claim of the police that there was a gun scuffle between the victim and a police officer that led to the civilian's death. Mayor Rex Gatchalian, in a Twitter post on Thursday, said that they found...
The police chief of Valenzuela City has assured the public of fair investigation into the death of an 18-year-old person with special needs who was killed allegedly by one of his men in an illegal tupada or cockfighting raid. Lt. Col. Ramchrisen Haveria gave the assurance as the city police station...
