Cebu City urges pharmacies, restos: Comply with 20% senior citizen discount, excluding VAT

Pia Piquero 09/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City is urging pharmacies, restaurants, and other establishments to comply with the law by granting a 20 percent discount for senior citizens based on the net price, excluding the 12 percent value-added…

OSCA to investigate ‘fake news’ on senior ID replacement

Pia Piquero 08/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) is investigating the source of false information that led hundreds of senior citizens to rush for ID replacements ahead of the upcoming financial aid distribution.…

Rama cancels move order: OSCA to remain in same location

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) will stay where it is, next to the City Hall’s executive building and the Senior Citizen’s park. This decision comes after Mayor Michael Rama of…

Cebu City OSCA: Senior citizens may claim financial assistance starting June 30

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Eligible senior citizens in Cebu City may claim their financial assistance from the city for the second quarter of the year this June 30, 2023. This was confirmed by the Cebu City Office…

Cebu City dad: ‘Exert due effort for bedridden seniors’

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council has requested various department heads of the city hall, whose personnel are temporarily designated as disbursing officers for senior citizens’ financial assistance, to exert due efforts in distributing the…

Cebu City senior citizens may claim P3,000 assistance starting March 16

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Eligible senior citizens in Cebu City can claim their P3,000 cash assistance for the first quarter of 2023 starting on March 16, 2023, Office of Senior Citizen’s Affair (OSCA) head Vicente “Inting” Esmeña…

Cebu City OSCA to distribute senior citizens’ financial aid on the second week of March

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Senior citizens in Cebu City will soon receive their P3,000 financial assistance for the months of January to March 2023. Cebu City Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) head Vicente “Inting” Esmeña…

Year-end cash assistance for Lapu seniors approved 

Futch Anthony Inso 12/05/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Council has approved an ordinance granting year-end cash assistance to qualified senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs). This was confirmed by City Councilor Annabeth Cuizon, who submitted the ordinance to the…

Final seniors citizen’s cash assistance for the year to be distributed starting Dec. 10

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A total of 88,450 senior citizens in Cebu City are set to receive their P2,000 cash assistance from the city government starting this Saturday, December 10, 2022. Vicente “Inting” Esmeña, head of Cebu City government’s…

OSCA head: 88,227 senior citizens in Cebu City to receive P2,000 cash aid

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The scheduled start of the distribution of the senior citizen cash aid in Cebu City on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, will push through. That is according to the Office for the Senior Citizen’s…

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,…

Cebu City launches Oplan Lista app to counter anomalies

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is taking seriously the issue of anomalous distribution of financial aid for Typhoon Odette, and the Disaster Council is launching a long-term solution to avoid any more irregularities in the distribution…

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