ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from Zoom) Members of the Makabayan bloc have filed House Resolution (HR) No.1533, which seeks an inquiry into the discontinuation of financial assistance to senior high school (SHS) students in...
Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. (Facebook) A Metro Manila lawmaker says its possible for the students who were dislocated due to the discontinuance of senior high school (SHS) programs in state universities and colleges (SUCs) to shift...
The Teacher's Dignity Coalition (TDC) and Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) said on Thursday, Jan. 4, that the decision to end the Senior High School (SHS) program in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local universities and colleges (LUCs) was "haphazard," with no guarantee of...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has officially announced the discontinuation of the Senior High School (SHS) Program in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs). (CHED / MB Visual Content Group) In a Viber message, CHED Chairman J. Prospero de Vera...
CALAUAN, Laguna – A 64-year-old man was beaten to death and his 69-year-old sister was seriously injured in an attack in their house on Thursday morning, December 28, in Barangay Lamot 2, this town. Police identified the fatality as Eduardo Malabanan who sustained head injuries from a hard...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM), together with the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) and National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC), signed an agreement on Friday, Dec. 15 to harmonize government programs,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a senior high school student in a buy-bust operation in Purok Aton, Barangay Zone 4, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, December 12. A GRADE 12 student was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Zone 4, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday,...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A senior citizen was gunned down in front of a “sari-sari” or community convenience store in Sitio Munting Kural, Barangay Santa Catalina Sur, this town, on Monday night, December 4. Police identified the victim as Antonio de Torres, 63. Investigation said the victim was...
BACOLOD CITY – A senior citizen was strangled to death inside her house in Barangay Camandag, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Saturday, December 2. Police withheld the name of the 68-year-old victim. Police Major Nelson Amsiwen Jr., La Castellana police chief, said the victim’s grandson...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go highlighted the significant role senior citizens play in the family and community during the 2nd National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC)-National Capital Region Stakeholders’ Summit. (Photo from the Office of Senator Christopher "Bong" Go) Go passionately...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) spokesperson and Assistant Secretary Romel Lopez said on Tuesday, Nov. 28 that there are no backlogs in the distribution of the P500 monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens. Based on the DSWD data, there are 4.1 million indigent senior...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A P1,000 monthly maintenance aid for senior citizens will get institutionalized if and when this measure from ACT-CIS Party-list becomes a law. House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo led the filing of House Bill...
