Officials from the Muntinlupa City government inaugurated on March 18 a new senior high school in Barangay Sucat. Mayor Jaime Fresnedi and Rep. Ruffy Biazon and Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac, together with Dr. Dominico Idanan, Muntinlupa schools division superintendent, led in the blessing of the...
Pilot face-to-face classes at the Ateneo de Manila Senior High School (ASHS) are set to begin on March 21. Ateneo SHS (Photo from Ateneo de Manila Senior High School Facebook page) The limited onsite teaching-learning experience will run until May 6. Meanwhile, the Ateneo Law School (ALS) started...
As part of its initiatives to help improve the living condition of the elderly sector in the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) supported the call of various groups and individuals to expand the country’s Social Pension Program and amend the Republic Act No. 9994...
The expert panel of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 has recommended administering a fourth dose of the vaccine or second booster shot to senior citizens and people with comorbidities. NTF against Covid-19 Adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” J. Herbosa on Friday, March 4, said the...
Senator Sonny Angara on Monday urged the government to ramp up the vaccination against COVID-19 while cases are declining on a daily basis. Angara said the current data is encouraging and provides a strong argument in support of the effectiveness of getting innoculated against COVID-19. “Just...
Persons with disability (PWDs) and senior citizens may also vote in Satellite Emergency Accessible Polling Places (S-EAPP) in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB In Resolution No. 10761, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said S-EAPP refers to an EAPP temporarily established in a building used as a...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Tuesday, Feb. 22, that the succeeding national coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination drive will focus on senior citizens. In an interview over GMA News, Año noted that the government will...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo said on Monday, Feb. 21, she would increase the monthly allowance of indigent senior citizens from the national government if she wins the presidency in the upcoming polls. Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau)...
Vaccine hesitancy is no longer the concern for some senior citizens who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since they argue that they're bound to die anyway. A senior citizen getting his booster shot at SM Center Muntinlupa vaccination site of the Muntinlupa City...
Want to complete your academic requirements at your own pace and time? (Photo from Pixabay) To help ensure academic continuity for Senior High School (SHS) with unique learning preferences, a Makati-based school, is currently accepting final applications for those who wish to begin the academic...
Former national police chief and senatorial candidate Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar vowed to push for more job opportunities and health care for senior citizens in a move to empower the elderly especially amid the adverse effects of the pandemic. Eleazar, who is running for senator in the May 9...
Establishments in areas with high vaccination rates for senior citizens and persons with comorbidities will be allowed to operate with an additional 20 percent capacity, acting Presidential spokesman Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (The Cabinet Secretariat...
