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Senator Loren Legarda filed Senate Bill No. 164, or An Act Providing Monthly Maintenance Medication Support for Senior Citizens, seeking to provide eligible senior citizens with P1,000 monthly to help in the purchase of maintenance medications. “We are alleviating the burden of our senior citizens by helping them manage their debilitating diseases as they get […]
Senior citizens in Manila now have more reasons to celebrate, with Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso surprising them with the return of the city’s birthday cake tradition.Domagoso recently visited the home of 87-year-old celebrant, Lola Consolacion Villanueva, in Tondo to surprise her with a birthday cake and extend his warm greetings. According to the mayor, Manila’s […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing for the creation of a specialty hospital for senior citizens to ensure that they receive quality and age-appropriate healthcare. Hontiveros filed the Philippine Geriatric Center (PGC) Act or Senate Bill No. 1302 which seeks to upgrade the National Center for Geriatric Health in San Miguel, Manila into a tertiary specialty […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing for the passage of one of her priority bills that will provide all senior citizens with a P1,500 monthly social pension to augment their daily living expenses. This comes as the Senate Committee on Social Justice and Rural Development held its first hearing on Senate Bill No. 215 or the […]
Senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) can now enjoy as much as 50% discount in Metro Manila rail lines as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expanded the coverage of fare cut to reduce transport costs to priority passengers. The expanded discount coverage initiative follows Marcos’ order in June to increase fare discounts to students from […]
With the adjournment of session this week, the United Senior Citizens Party-list on Thursday called the non-passage of the universal social pension bill in the Senate as a “missed opportunity.” “Nakakapanghinayang na nakabinbin pa rin ang panukalang universal social pension sa kabila ng pagkilos ng nagkakaisang senior citizens sa buong bansa upang ipanawagan ito. This […]
The United Senior Citizens Party-list is calling for more protection for the elderly against abuse. “Reports of elderly abuse continue to come up. Only this month we have had at least two cases of horrendous crimes committed against the elderly. We appeal to the government to exert greater effort to protect our sector,” United Senior […]
United Senior Citizens Party-list with various organizations and associations held a rally on Monday, January 20, in front of the Senate building. On May 21, 2024, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading House Bill 10423 to push for the passage of the measure granting a monthly stipend of P500 to […]
National Unity President LRay Villafuerte wants the Department of Health (DOH) to look into year end reports that certain drug stores or pharmacies refused to grant discounts to senior citizens who do not have their purchase booklets with them when buying their medicines, in violation of a newly-issued DOH order requiring the elderly to present […]
The Angeles City Government, under the leadership of Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr., started the house-to-house distribution of P3,000 financial assistance, and Vitamin C supplements to 17 bedridden senior citizens and five senior citizen, aged 90-99 years old, in Barangay Sta. Teresita. Lazatin was with members of the Barangay Sta. Teresita Council, headed by Captain […]