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ABOUT 22,000 senior citizens and 3,500 persons with disabilities (PWDs) received their cash gifts of P3,500 and P3,000 respectively from the Lapu-Lapu City government yesterday. Lapu-Lapu City Social Welfare chief Ermelita Degamo said the cash aid for…
LOCAL governments in Cebu have been doing their part in extending assistance to their constituents with disabilities. Aside from job fairs, both Cebu City Hall and Mandaue City Hall are allocating cash aid to persons with disabilities…
Cebu-based PWDs share thoughts on their struggles to find a job Words like “there is no vacancy,” “We’ll call you” and “the post you applied for is already filled” are a source of dread and disappointment for…
UNFRIENDLY TO PWDs The elevators of this multistorey government building should be fixed as soon as possible. The public who visit the offices in this building will need to take the stairs as far as the fifth…
If you happen to visit the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) office in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City, you have probably met or seen this guy in his wheelchair behind the cashier counter.…
Paddlers from the Philippine Accessibility Disability Services Inc. (PADS) will compete in the upcoming Cebu Dragon Boat Fiesta 2017 on April 28 to 30 at the Cebu Yacht Club in Lapu-Lapu City. More than 40 teams are…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) conducted a whole-day PWD Summit yesterday at the Montebello Villa Hotel in Barangay Apas, Cebu City. Topics discussed were the 10 Point Agenda on persons with…
HAVE you ever accompanied your old parents or grandparents to church and had to stand throughout the Holy Mass since there are no more vacant seats? Or having to line up a long queue in order to…
CEBU CITY—Elderly, women, children and persons with disabilities who were affected by the fire in Barangay Apas, Cebu City would be moved to St. Francis Kindergarten. The male fire victims, however, were asked to stay at the…
On the surface, the plan to hire 600 job order workers to distribute medicines to Cebu City beneficiaries under the Osmeña administration’s Long Life Medical Assistance program looks to be redundant as argued by the Team Rama…
Senior citizens in Cebu City are scheduled to receive their P1,000 financial assistance from the city government tomorrow, Thursday. The distribution will still be done in the same venues during previous tranches within the barangays, said Leah…
Senator Sony Angara appealed for compassion on Tuesday over the government’s plan to lift the value-added tax (Vat) exemptions on senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). Finance undersecretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said that by removing…
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