Mandaue to add P1K to seniors cash assistance

Julit C. Jainar 07/08/2016

PILAR Mansueto, an 80-year-old resident of Fatima Valley Pagsabungan, Mandaue City is thankful for the P6,000 annual aid she receives from the Mandaue City government. “Ang akong madawat, igo ra gyud nako ipalit og tambal, daghan kaayo…

Free movies for seniors

06/15/2016

THE Cebu City Council has formalized through an ordinance the privilege of senior citizens giving them free movie access for the first showing every Monday and Tuesday. The ordinance states that a senior citizen living in Cebu…

Pregnant women, seniors and PWDs allowed to vote outside assigned precincts

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/09/2016

SOME senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and pregnant women were allowed to vote outside their assigned precincts in Cebu City. In Abellana National School, which caters to voters of Barangays Sambag 1 and Sambag 2, at…

RESPITE FROM THE HEAT

04/25/2016

A city resident takes a nap under the cool shade of a tree at the Senior Citizens Park. (CDN PHOTO/Christian Maningo)…

Release of cash aid for seniors starts

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 04/12/2016

Distribution of the P2,000 financial assistance for senior citizens has started at 6 a.m. Tuesday. Over 67, 000 senior citizens were expected to claim their cash aid from 80 barangays in the city. Senior citizens of barangays…

Seniors, PWD to receive cash aid on April 15

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/07/2016

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama  said  cash aid for the seniors and persons with disabilities on April 15. The mayor confirmed this during a forum with media and departmenf heads Thursday morning. He insisted that the cash…

Cebu City seniors to get P2,000 on Friday

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/09/2016

Senior citizens are set to receive cash assistance of P2, 000 on Friday, the first tranche of this year’s P12, 000 assistance. A separate distribution of P1, 000 is set on Monday for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)…

Reevaluating seniors cash aid

Editorial 01/26/2016

On the surface, the proposal by Cebu City Hall’s Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) to issue a shorter notice to recipients of the annual P12,000 cash aid may appear unreasonable. OSCA chief Domingo Chavez told…

Seniors get final tranche of cash aid

Juli Ann M. Sibi 12/16/2015

Over 60,000 senior citizens of Cebu City started claiming the last tranche of P3,000 as aid from the Cebu city government in their barangays. This was the sixth round of distribution of cash aid this year for…

Seniors gripe on P140K share

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/17/2015

Officials of barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City face administrative complaints at the Ombudsman-Visayas for failing to allocate funds for  senior citizens. The Paknaan Senior Citizens Association Inc. filed a complaint for dereliction of duty and usurpation of authority…

Fuente park closed for upgrading

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 07/14/2015

FUENTE Osmeña Park is temporarily closed to allow its upgrading as part of preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings and the International Eucharistic Congress. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama ordered the park shuttered effective yesterday.…

Cebu City will be debt-free

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/05/2015

Rama: SRP lot sales to wipe out P3-B loan Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the city can wipe out its  P3 billion debt using proceeds of the soon-to-be finalized sale of lots in the South Road…

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