The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has commended the management of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for designating two bays for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and opening the main arrival curbside to all passengers, not only for those considered as very important persons (VIPs)....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Friday, Feb. 14, backed calls for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to establish a unified system for Person With Disability (PWD) IDs amid its widespread misuse. He also said that the House of Representatives was preparing a parallel measure...
The parents of a 5-year-old boy from Cainta, Rizal were dumbfounded when they discovered that their son's Persons with Disability (PWD) ID was allegedly not found in the Department of Health's (DOH) PWD online database. According to Dino Versoza, the boy's father, the PWD ID of his son was not...
Police Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), has ordered an intensified campaign against the proliferation of fake senior citizen and persons with disability (PWD) identification cards amid concerns of the abuse of discount privilege that are...
The Restaurant Owners of the Philippines (Resto PH) has warned that the proliferation of counterfeit Persons with Disabilities (PWD) cards is crippling the restaurant industry, pushing many establishments to the brink of collapse. In a statement, Resto PH said that the widespread abuse of the PWD...
Establishments cannot refuse to provide benefits and privileges to persons with disabilities (PWDs) due to questions at the time the identification (ID) cards are presented by the holders, the Department of Justice (DOJ) declared. “Denial and withholding PWD benefits and privileges solely because...
The Unified Identification (ID) system for persons with disabilities (PWDs) is set to undergo a pilot test from January to June and is scheduled for nationwide rollout in July, a National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) official said on Thursday, Jan. 9. The NCDA is an attached agency of the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is stepping up its efforts to combat the fraudulent use of fake Person with Disability (PWD) identification cards (IDs), which resulted in an estimated P88.2 billion in lost tax revenue last year. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr., said on...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian wants government to do something about the revenue leakage caused by the use of fake person-with-disability (PWD) identification cards (IDs), which last year amounted to P88.2...
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)...
