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The House of Representatives received an assurance that millions of senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs) would soon enjoy a 20-percent discount on the use of expressways and skyways in Metro Manila, Southern Luzon, and Northern Luzon.The committees on ways and means, senior citizens and special committee on PWDs were given the commitment by […]
A House inquiry ordered by Speaker Martin Romualdez has prompted popular coffee chain Starbucks to lift the cap it has imposed on the 20-percent discount senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs) are legally entitled to. Angela Cole, who identified herself as operations director of Starbucks Coffee, told the House committee on ways and means […]
Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes said the House committee on ways and means has approved the increase to 15 percent the discount on electricity and water utilities monthly billings, but the discount is limited to households that do not consume more than 100 kilowatts per hour of electricity and 30 cubic meters of metered […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has appealed to local government unit (LGU) executives to support the government in its continuing effort to put up an accurate database for an estimated 12.3 million elderly Filipinos nationwide. A former Camarines Sur governor and now president of the National Unity Party (NUP), Villafuerte pointed out to local executives that the […]
Senator Lito Lapid has proposed a measure which seeks to expand the discount currently provided to senior citizens for their water and electricity consumption and exempt their water and electricity bills from the Value Added Tax (VAT). Under Senate Bill No. 2169, Lapid stated a minimum of 5% discount shall be granted to senior citizens […]
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Secretary General Dr. Gwen Pang and PRC Board of Governors Vice Chairperson Corazon Alma De Leon led the distribution of 150 hygiene kits to the elderly inpatients of the Female Aged Care and Wellness Unit of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) recently. Pang, a nurse by profession, explained that […]
Camarines Sur Rep. and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is hoping the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) can ferret out enough funds in the national budget to be able to carry out fully this year a 2022 amendatory law doubling to P1,000 the monthly social pension of the country’s estimated 4 million-plus indigent senior citizens. “In […]
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III urged his colleagues to prioritize and expedite the passage of the bill establishing the Philippine Geriatric Medical Center, allowing better health care and disease management to almost 10 million senior citizens in the country. Eight pending bills at the Senate wish to establish and institutionalize geriatric health care and […]
Some 48,439 registered senior citizens from the 33 barangays of Angeles City will receive the aid from the city government. Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. will personally lead the house-to-house distribution of 1,000 cash assistance and Vitamin C supplements starting on March 1, 2023 in Barangays Sapangbato, San Jose, Pampang, Margot, and Cuayan. Lazatin will […]
Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo wants to expand the transportation and road use privileges of the country’s senior citizens by granting them a 20 percent discount on the toll fees levied by expressway and skyway operators. “Senior citizens who own motor vehicles deserve special access to skyways and expressways, including a 20 percent reduction in […]