58 elderly in Lapu-Lapu receive ₱10K cash gift; next batch set for June

Futch Anthony Inso 04/09/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Fifty-eight octogenarians and nonagenarians from Lapu-Lapu City received their cash gift of ₱10,000 each during a payout held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA). The…

Centenarian’s secret to longer life: Fish and vegetables

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 02/26/2025

TUBURAN, Cebu — Fish and vegetables. These were the primary foods eaten by the 100-year-old Epifania Camingawan from Tuburan town in midwestern Cebu. Camingawan is the oldest beneficiary of the cash gift given to senior citizens by…

Jimmy Carter: Many evolutions for a centenarian ‘citizen of the world’

Associated Press 12/30/2024

PLAINS, Ga. — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world. Less than a decade later, the death of his…

Alcover on lowering age requirement for partial centenarian aid: ‘Not sure if it’s possible’

Pia Piquero 05/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – City Councilor Jun Alcover said he is not sure if lowering the age requirement for partial centenarian aid from 80 to 70 is possible. The councilor said  that the idea still needed to…

Lapu-Lapu City centenarian gets P200,000 cash gift

Futch Anthony Inso 05/07/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A centenarian in Sitio Tangke, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, received a total of P200,000 as a cash gift from the Lapu-Lapu City Government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on…

Centenarian receives P100,000 gift from Cebu City

Kim Ablaña 02/02/2024

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – A centenarian from Barangay Kasambagan in Cebu City, is the latest recipient of a ₱100,000 gift check from Cebu City for reaching the milestone. Lola Ma. Isabel M. Garcia, expressed appreciation and…

Danao City centenarian gets P100,000 cash

Doris C. Bongcac 11/23/2023

Lola Ponyang turned 100-years-old last November 10. On Tuesday, November 21, she received a P100,ooo cash gift from the Danao City Government for being their city’s latest centenarian. In an advisory, the Danao City Government said that Pacomia…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Snake bite kills young boy in Leyte, grieving sister pleads for anti-venom supply in rural areas

CDN Digital 08/07/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Monday, August 7, 2023. Snake bite kills young boy in Leyte, grieving sister pleads for anti-venom…

Centenarian from Malabuyoc town gets P100,000 from Capitol

08/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A centenarian from Malabuyoc, Cebu received cash incentives of P100, 000 from the provincial government on Friday, August 4, 2023. Eugenia Detuya turned 100 years old last July 8. She received her check…

Boljoon has another centenarian

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The town of Boljoon in southeastern Cebu has another centenarian. Last April 25, local and national government officials turned over cash incentives totaling P200,000 to Dorotea Roma from Brgy. Lunop. Roma celebrated her…

DSWD-7: 116 centenarians in CV have received P100,000 cash gift

Futch Anthony Inso 10/08/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 116 centenarians from Central Visayas have already received their P100,000 cash gift from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) this year. This was confirmed by Fharlyn Logronio,…

A lolo from Alcoy, Cebu celebrates his 100th birthday

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 10/03/2022

  CEBU, Philippines— A lolo from Alcoy, Cebu celebrated his100th birthday on Sunday, October 2, 2022. Centenarian Leodegario “Lolo D” Henson Labastida was born in Malitbog, Southern Leyte in the year 1922. Lolo D is a retired…

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