BDO gains Asset award for work with PWD group
BDO Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank, was recognized again for promoting the welfare of underserved members ...
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Cebu Pacific investing over P100m to assist PWDs
Cebu Pacific has invested over P100 million to deploy facilities to provide the needs of persons with disabilities and persons ...
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QC eyes more sectors for disaster readiness
Mayor Herbert Bautista unveiled on Friday plans to engage members of the lesbian, gay, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community, persons ...
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House okays early voting for PWDs, senior citizens
The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill providing for early voting of qualified senior ...
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Help on wheels
Navotas City Rep. Toby Tiangco (center, in t-shirt) leads the distribution of wheelchairs and walkers to senior citizens and persons ...
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Public pay toilets and unisex public restrooms
So far, a social and legal problem of immense consequence has largely been unnoticed by the general public. That problem ...
Read moreAbsentee voting proposed
SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez on Friday proposed that senior citizens and persons with disabilities be allowed to vote under the local ...
Read moreBenefits for disabled now ready
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development said Sunday persons with disabilities can already avail of the benefits under Republic ...
Read moreMetro Manila film fest gives 30% discounts
STUDENTS, senior citizens and persons with disabilities will enjoy a 30 percent discount in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival, ...
Read moreDeaf driver shot dead by US police during traffic stop
Authorities in the southern US state of North Carolina said they are investigating the death of a deaf man who ...
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