MAO BA?

Inquirer, Inquirer.net 04/28/2017

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…

PWD’s struggle and success

PR 04/02/2017

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.…

PWDs to show force in Cebu dragon boat race

Rabboni Centino Borbon 03/18/2017

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…

DSWD-7 spearheads PWD summit

PR 03/09/2017

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…

Special lanes for seniors, PWDs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/23/2017

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…

Apas fire victims moved to school, DOST compound

Nestle L. Semilla 12/06/2016

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…

Free medicines

Editorial 11/14/2016

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…

Seniors to receive P1K cash aid Thursday

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/26/2016

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…

Angara asks Digong to show compassion to seniors, PWDs

10/26/2016

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…

Top dragon boat teams compete in Argao

Rabboni Centino Borbon 09/22/2016

ELITE teams from the Visayas and Mindanao will see action in the 2nd Dragons in Argao: The Dragon Boat Inter-Barangay Clinic and Competition on Oct. 1 at the Argao Royal Palms, in Poblacion, Argao, southern Cebu. The…

Politicizing basic services

09/15/2016

Aside from cash aid for seniors and persons with disabilities (PWDs), it’s both disheartening and disgusting to learn that both the Osmeña administration and the Team Rama bloc are also fighting over the distribution of free medicines…

40 Duljo Fatima PWDs unable to receive cash aid

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/21/2016

AT least one barangay in Cebu City experienced problems in the distribution of the P1,000 financial aid to persons with disabilities (PWDs) yesterday. City Social Welfare Services (CSWS) chief Lea Japson said 40 PWDs from Barangay Duljo…

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