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CEBU CITY, Philippines – A centralized database for senior citizens to avail of the 20 percent discount in lieu of the booklet requirement, has been proposed by a Cebu City legislator. Cebu City Councilor Rey Gealon penned…
MANILA, Philippines — Instead of relying on purchase/discount booklets, the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) is pushing for a unified database that merchants can utilize. NCSC Chairperson Franklin Quijano said on Monday it is impractical to…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday said it plans to do away with the purchase booklets that senior citizens use for record-keeping when availing themselves of discounts on medicines and other essential goods. A recent position…
MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday called for a probe into reports of establishments denying discounts to senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) under existing laws. Romualdez sought the motu proprio investigation amid several…
MANILA, Philippines – The Pasig City Prosecutors Office has filed two cases against two officials of a hotel in Pasig City for not granting a 20 percent discount to a senior citizen. In a 22-page resolution, charged for…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- Senior citizens in Lapu-Lapu City received an early Christmas gift from the city government. On Friday, December 1, senior citizens in Olango Island were the first to received their share of the P4, 000…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sonny Angara has called for the immediate approval of a bill that seeks to authorize the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to establish polling precincts exclusive for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Among the concerns raised by some voters for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections in Cebu City on October 30 was the availability of a separate voting place for senior citizens. But…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) who flocked to the Cebu City Central Elementary School to cast their votes decry the apparent lack of “accessibility support staff” who would guide and help…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – All registered senior citizens in Cebu City are set to receive a P500 Christmas incentive if a city councilor’s proposal is approved. During his privileged speech on October 25, Councilor Pastor M. Alcover,…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – Senior citizens estimated to be around 55,000 in Central Visayas are still waiting to be included in the social pension program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7. These seniors are…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Senior citizens in Lapu-Lapu City would no longer have to worry about their maintenance medicines. Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said his administration is partnering with pharmacies to make the release of maintenance medicines…
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