Barangay officials, volunteers receive cash assistance

Doris C. Bongcac 08/19/2014

BARANGAY officials and fire brigade volunteers crowded Cebu City Hall to collect their share of cash assistance from the city government yesterday. Barangay chairpersons each received P13,500 as assistance for the second quarter of the year. They…

Another P2,000 for Cebu City seniors

Apple Ta-as, Edison Delos Angeles 08/17/2014

Elderly people, some of them on wheelchairs, crowded barangay halls and barangay sports centers in Cebu City yesterday to collect their P2,000  cash aid from the city government. At 8 a.m. the gym  in barangay Poblacion Pardo…

Seniors to get P2,000 today

Doris C. Bongcac 08/16/2014

SENIOR citizens in Cebu City will each receive P2,000 today as a third installment of cash assistance from City Hall. This is part of the promised P12,000 annual subsidy for each elderly resident with half of it…

Cebu City seniors to receive P2,000 cash aid tomorrow

Doris C. Bongcac 08/15/2014

The Cebu City government will release P2,000 cash assistance to 60,000 registered senior citizens on Saturday. The cash aid is the third cash tranche for seniors after the P1,000 and P2,000 balance of last year released last…

Rama asks P600M supplemental budget for aid

Doris C. Bongcac 07/10/2014

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama asked the City Council to approve his P600 million supplemental budget 2 to fund the allocation of assistance to the city’s 80 barangays and implementation of infrastructure projects and activities. Cebu City’s…

Seniors’ cash aid luring elderly out of Minglanilla

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/04/2014

Senior citizens are migrating from  Minglanilla town to live in Cebu City in order to qualify for the cash aid given by  the city government to its elderly residents, the president of Provincial Federation of Senior Citizens…

Mandaue Ibabao seniors enjoy fun walk

Norman V. Mendoza 06/22/2014

Despite walking with a slight limp after suffering a  stroke several years ago, 73-year-old Carlos Mendoza still enthusiastically joined yesterday’s senior citizen fun walk in barangay Estancia, Mandaue City. Mendoza was with about 100 senior citizens from…

Council passes ordinance on cash aid to solo parents

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/07/2014

The Cebu City Council passed the ordinance extending P5,000 cash assistance to solo parents in Cebu City. Under the ordinance, solo parents who don’t receive assistance from their partners and whose annual income doesn’t exceed P60,000 can…

Seniors to get P3,000 before Valentine’s

Doris C. Bongcac 02/04/2014

Back from a week-long  vacation abroad,  Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday ordered the release of a P3,000 cash gift to the city’s 60,000 registered seniors  on or before February 14. “It’s going to be a Valentines…

Better ways to help senior citizens

Ricky Poca 01/14/2014

Cebu City’s senior citizens should now give back to the city government by understanding its financial status, especially after Mayor Michael Rama announced that he is contemplating giving them P6,000 in financial assistance instead of the P12,000…

Apas settlers ask Capitol aid

Peter L. Romanillos 01/10/2014

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III is scheduled to meet with Apas barangay officials today to discuss the fate of 150 families who occupy a property reportedly owned by the province but is being claimed by a private…

‘Glitch-free’ aid distribution for seniors

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac 12/22/2013

Clutching a pair of crutches, 65-year-old Martin Racho waited patiently in line to receive his P2,000 cash assistance at the Guadalupe public school yesterday. The jeepney dispatcher, whose right leg was broken in a vehicular accident, said…

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