ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 77-year-old man was shot dead by riding-in-tandem assailants in the municipality of Mutia, Zamboanga del Norte province on Thursday, June 29. Police Regional Office-9 Information Officer Police Major Shellamie Chang identified the victim as James Torino Tagapan, a resident...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 69-year-old man drowned after his vehicle plunged into the sea at the Liloan Ferry Terminal in Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Southern Leyte on Wednesday, June 29. The victim was identified as Fernando dela Cruz of Barangay Naparaan, Salcedo, Eastern Samar. Initial...
SENIOR BYAHERO There are places that do not give a good impression during a first visit. Mauban in Quezon Province was one of them. I remember my first visit almost three decades ago. We were going around Lucban when we saw this signage: “Mauban this way.” I became curious. I followed...
BACOLOD CITY – An 85-year-old man died after he was hit by an allegedly speeding motorcycle in front of a public cemetery in Barangay Caduhaan, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 19. AN AMBULANCE arrives in Barangay Caduhaan, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, after an elderly man was hit...
DAVAO CITY – Police arrested a 70-year-old woman after she allegedly killed her house help and later left her body on the street at Deca Homes Subdivision in Barangay Cabantian here on Sunday, June 18. The Davao City Police Office identified the victim as Shiela Han-ay Lagsaway, 29, from Don...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A House leader is urging local government unit (LGU) executives to help the government establish an accurate database for the estimated 12.3-million elderly Filipinos nationwide. According to Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, the national listing or cataloguing of...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – Police nabbed on Thursday afternoon, June 15, four suspects in the murder of a 63-year-old carpenter in Barangay Poblacion 2 here on Tuesday, June 13. Police Lt. Col. Rolly Oranza, municipal police chief, identified the suspects as Mark Anthony Jorolan Aguit,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development said 1,494 senior citizens in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte received cash assistance totaling P5.3 million on Independence Day. THE DSWD-Caraga and Landbank of the Philippines distribute cash cards to senior citizens from Buenavista,...
Health Secretary Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa has vowed to designate a focal person within the Department of Health (DOH) who would focus on handling the welfare of the country’s senior citizens. Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa (MB File Photo) Herbosa said this...
A total of P36,468,500 was disbursed by the Makati City local government for the cash incentives for its senior citizen Blu Card holders, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Wednesday, June 7. According to Binay, 21,245 senior Makatizens benefitted from the cash incentive and added that the...
Calls to discontinue the implementation of the Senior High School (SHS) resurfaced as its graduates struggled with employment opportunities the program offered when it was institutionalized. Senior High School graduates (DepEd file photo) While the Senior High School (SHS) under K to 12 program...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar has filed a bill requiring all graduating senior high school and college students to plant two trees each as a civic duty for environment protection and preservation. In the explanatory note of Senate Bill (SB) 2228, an Act to be known as the “Graduating Students for...
