Will the elderly part with their P1,700 for CCMC?

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/26/2014

The Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) will convene barangay association officials on Friday to discuss a proposal to make the elderly donate a portion  of the cash aid due them to help fund the construction…

Tapping elderly care market

Aileen Garcia-Yap 11/07/2014

Business leader says set up facilities, manpower first Cebu needs to put in place several things like world-class facilities, world class trained medical workers and even a clean environment before we can cater to the elderly care…

Seniors’ contribution to CCMC project ‘voluntary’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/27/2014

CEBU City Hall’s Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) clarified that their campaign to donate to the reconstruction of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) is voluntary. OSCA head Rolando Llaguno said the manifesto circulating among…

103-year-old Toledo man walks up to Cebu governor to raise elderly residents’ concern

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/16/2014

Terso Alferes, 103 years old, traveled 50 kilometers from Toledo City to Cebu City to ask why he has not received any monetary aid from the government while others have gotten theirs. Alferes walked barefoot to the…

Cebu city proposal helps senior citizens get hired

Doris C. Bongcac 09/21/2014

There’s hope for Cebu city’s elderly residents to still secure  employment if the Cebu City Council approves a draft ordinance requiring businesses not to turn away applicants who are over 60 years old. The proposed measure is…

Mandaue grandfathers left by families to fend for themselves

Melissa Q. Cabahug 09/07/2014

As other countries around the world honor their elderly by celebrating National Grandparents Day today, Sept. 7, here in Cebu not a few grandparents are left to fend for themselves. Teoderico Dalaguit, an 82-year-old native of barangay…

Another P2,000 for Cebu City seniors

Apple Ta-as, Edison Delos Angeles 08/17/2014

Elderly people, some of them on wheelchairs, crowded barangay halls and barangay sports centers in Cebu City yesterday to collect their P2,000  cash aid from the city government. At 8 a.m. the gym  in barangay Poblacion Pardo…

No hitches as elderly claim City Hall cash aid

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac 02/09/2014

Cebu City Hall made sure yesterday’s distribution of cash assistance to the city’s  elderly residents went on without any hitches. Chairs were placed in the distribution centers while City Hall and barangay personnel were on standby to…

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