Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo speaks to her fellow rallyists outside the Senate in Pasay City (Rep. Quimbo’s office) Showing her commitment to senior citizens' welfare, Marikina 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo joined a...
A group of senior citizens on Monday, January 20 trooped to the Senate to rally for the passage of a bill that aims to grant social pension to all senior citizens in the country. The United Senior Citizens (USC) Party-list led by Rep. Milagros Aquino-Magsaysay urged the Senate to expedite...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A measure that seeks to expand the coverage of senior citizens’ privileges and benefits--including the introduction of new discounts--has been approved at the committee level in the House of Representatives. The House Committee on...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to investigate certain drugstores that refuse to grant discounts to senior citizens without a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the just-enacted 2025 national budget will continue subsidizing free assessments for the issuance of national certifications (NCs) for senior high school (SHS) learners under the...
ITOGON, Benguet – An 84-year-old man was killed in a fire that razed his house in Sitio Bay-o, Barangay Tuding, this town, before dawn on Thursday, Dec. 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Itogon identified the victim as Felino Balalong Sr. Investigation said that the victim was cooking...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, December 26 lauded the Department of Health (DOH) for scrapping the need for senior citizens to present their medical purchase booklet to avail of the mandated 20 percent discount on medicines. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
Senate Minority Leader Aqulino "Koko" Pimentel III (Senate PRIB) Saying he can "relate" to it, Senate Minority Leader Aqulino "Koko" Pimentel III, has hailed the Department of Health's (DOH) decision to do away with the purchase booklet...
Senior Citizen party-list Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes lauded the decision of the Department of Health to do away with the purchase discount booklets for the senior citizens in buying medicines. In an interview, Ordanes said such a move would benefit around 12 million senior citizens across...
Some senators were elated with the Department of Health’s (DOH) latest directive to relieve senior citizens of the need to present their purchase slip booklets to avail themselves of the discount on medicines. Sen. Loren Legarda welcomed the directive saying this would also enhance the...
(Istock) Senior Citizen Party-list Rep. Rodolfo "Ompong" Ordanes is calling on authorities to ensure that elderly persons deprived of liberty (PDL) get their due seniors' pension and benefits. "I appeal to the Department of Social Welfare and...
Binangonan, Rizal's senior citizens pose for a photo opportunity with Russel Ynares, the former administrator of the municipal government during their Christmas party held recently at the municipal hall (photo from the Binangonan Municipal Government's FB page) Several senior citizens of...
