To provide critical skills development and increase the employability of graduating Senior High School (SHS) students nationwide, the Department of Education (DepEd) and its partners launched a focused skilling program. (DepEd / FILE PHOTO) Dubbed “Oplan TAWID (Technology-Assisted Work Immersion...
By Cherrylin Caacbay The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Friday, Jan. 28, the passage of an ordinance granting a P10,000 cash incentive to senior citizens aged 90 years old and above. Under Ordinance No. 871, S-2022, all registered senior citizens aged 90 to 101 years old and above...
It is best to develop good habits that can promote heart health at a young age. Physical activities become even more important as people reach late adulthood. Bodily changes, however, make regular exercise much more difficult as one grows older. A study revealed that basic gardening tasks can...
At least two senators have openly expressed their support for the renewed push to propose increased social protection for the elderly through the creation of a universal social pension for senior citizens. Detained Senator Leila de Lima said is imperative for the government to ensure that the...
CAVITE – The provincial board announced on Tuesday (Jan. 25) the approval of a provincial ordinance appropriating funds to grant cash gifts to nonagenarian citizens. The policy aims to recognize the elderly who are considered to be sterling examples of citizens leading exemplary long lives....
Marikina City, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, launched a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) booster vaccination program exclusively for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). This is the city’s first walk-in vaccination program since the series of National COVID-19 Vaccination or Bayanihan,...
Rewarding a Filipino who reaches 101 years old with P1 million cash is among the legislative proposals that the House of Representatives aims to pass with the remaining six session days left before Congress adjourns for the campaign period early February. HOR plenary pandemic The House Committee on...
The newly renovated Manila Zoo in Malate, Manila is set to become a mass vaccination site for minors and senior citizens starting Wednesday, Jan. 19, Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced on Tuesday, Jan. 18. “Tomorrow, we are opening the new Manila Zoo wherein kids and elderly can...
Malacañang has appealed to the three million unvaccinated senior citizens in the country to finally get vaccinated as they remain at high-risk for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) Acting Presidential Spokesman Karlo Nograles echoed the call of President...
Senatorial aspirant and retired police general Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar urged on Sunday, Jan. 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to consider setting up separate voting rooms or voting areas for senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and individuals with comorbidities for the May...
A lawmaker representing the Filipino senior citizens has asked the Metro Manila Council to conduct door-to-door vaccination drives to the aged and those with comorbidities amid threats of the Omicron variant in the country. In a letter dated Jan. 7, 2022 to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority...
Around 724 senior citizens in Malabon City received their COVID-19 jabs during the mass vaccination drive for the elderly on Thursday, Jan. 6. According to the Malabon City Health Department report, 56 senior citizens received their first dose, 17 their second dose, and 651 got their booster shots....
