(MANILA BULLETIN) The concerned government agencies must start to enforce the P500 monthly grocery discount for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) this March. Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo gave...
BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) died in a fire that gutted his house in Sitio Bunga-Bunga, Barangay Nataban, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday afternoon, February 26. ONLY galvanized iron sheets are left of a house razed by a fire in an upland area in San...
(MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez intends to fast-track the P500 discount for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in grocery stores and supermarkets nationwide, even as he described the benefit as low-hanging fruit....
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reiterated on Tuesday, Feb. 20, that both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are subject to a 20 percent discount for senior citizens. READ: https://www.fda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FDA-Advisory-No.-2014-054.pdf "In the law, it...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 100 fake Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) identification (ID) cards were discovered in this city, said Alma Gustilo, officer-in-charge of the Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD), based on their recent monitoring. Gustilo said they will have to check if...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has ordered the recall of around 12,000 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) identification cards here effective immediately. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) In a press briefing on Monday, February 5, Mayor Albee Benitez said that existing PWD IDs have no QR code yet,...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left), a Starbucks beverage (Facebook, Unsplash) All is well that ends well. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda praised popular coffee chain Starbucks on Tuesday...
Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes (Facebook) House Committee on Senior Citizens Chairperson Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes said he almost called for a boycott against Starbucks after it released a controversial advisory that...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has placed security labels on Persons with Disability (PWD) identification cards (IDs). THE Iloilo City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) Mayor Jerry Treñas recently signed Executive Order (EO) No. 2023-157 mandating the installation of security labels on PWD IDs....
CAVITE – The city government of Carmona broke ground for a home for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Barangay Mabuhay on Saturday, Sept. 30. Present during the event were Cavite 5th District Rep. Roy M. Loyola, Mayor Dahlia A. Loyola, representatives of the De Los Santos Family Foundation, and...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a couple in a buy-bust operation in Hacienda Cumabat 1, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 27. A PERSON with Disability and his wife were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental on...
The Mandaluyong City local government has passed of a resolution urging businesses in the city to hire senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) and to forge partnerships and agreements with other sectors of the community to open more jobs for them, it was announced Friday, August 18....
