Senior citizens in Cebu City to start getting P3K aid on Mar. 27

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Senior citizens in Cebu City are getting the first tranche of their yearly financial assistance tomorrow, March 27, 2021, worth P3,000. Office for the Senior Citizens’ Affairs (OSCA) head, Jeffrey Ocampo, said everything…

Labella to DOH: Set timeline for vaccine roll-out

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is hoping that the Department of Health (DOH) could come up with a timeline for the roll-out of the vaccines. This is because many of the priority groups…

House-to-house, cash card for Cebu City senior citizens’ aid on March 27

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 84,000 senior citizens in Cebu City should expect to receive the first tranche of their financial assistance this year on March 27, 2021. At least 15, 000 of these senior citizens will…

Seniors’ cash aid to be given before March ends, says Labella

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The cash aid for senior citizens here will be distributed before the end of March, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said on Monday, March 8, 2021. Labella, in a post on his social…

Elderly health workers seen as priority for AstraZeneca vaccines — Galvez

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 03/04/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Some health experts are recommending that the arriving COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca be allocated to elderly healthcare workers, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday. “May mga doctor po na nagsasabi, priority natin yung…

Despite EUA, FDA advises vs using Sinovac on healthcare workers, seniors due to low efficacy

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 02/22/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted China-based drugmaker Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine an emergency use authorization, it is not recommended to be administered on healthcare workers and senior citizens, who are…

LTO-7 opens Malasakit Service Center for seniors, PWDs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) has opened a Malasakit Service Licensing Center in their Cebu City office.  The Malasakit Service Center have begun accepting senior citizen and persons with disabilities…

Senior citizens’ personal appearance to claim pension no longer required

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 02/19/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Senior citizens will no longer be required to personally appear before pension-issuing agencies, their servicing banks and other financial institutions to access their pension by March 1, 2021, Malacañang said Friday. This is after…

Mandaue lays down COVID-19 vaccination plan

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/16/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes met with the city’s barangay officials on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, to tackle the city’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination plan. In line with the preparation of the…

Lapu-Lapu City starts identifying individuals to be prioritized for vaccination

Futch Anthony Inso 02/05/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – The Lapu-Lapu City Government will now start listing the persons who will be prioritized in the city’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program. Dr. Agnes Realiza, head of the City Health Department, said…

LIST: Priority groups for government’s Covid-19 vaccination program

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 02/05/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government has identified the detailed priority population in its Covid-19 vaccination program which now includes more sectors like teachers, social and government workers, overseas Filipino workers and more. In a statement on…

The rise of ‘LGU citizenship’

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 02/05/2021

It used to be that regardless of where you live in the Philippines, you expected more or less the same policies and services, with only the urban-rural divide making a difference—for instance, in health care. Of course,…

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