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4.1m indigent seniors get DSWD social pension in 2025

More than 4.1 million indigent senior citizens have received their social pension in 2025, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said. “The DSWD...

Muscle loss could affect 7 in 10 Filipino seniors

Global healthcare company Abbott has called for nationwide action on sarcopenia, or age-related muscle loss, which it says is a health crisis affecting millions...

Over 70K Valenzuela senior citizens get early Christmas gifts in July

The Valenzuela City government officially launched "Pasko sa Hulyo Para Kay Lolo at Lola 2025" in fulfillment of the city’s annual gift-giving tradition. Through a...

DSWD working on filing cases vs. men in viral clip

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed concerned agency officials to coordinate with the Antipolo City’s local government unit...

Go hails DOH decision on purchase booklet requirement

Senate Committee on Health Chairperson Christopher Bong Go commended the Department of Health’s Administrative Order (AO) No. 2024-0017, which removes the purchase booklet as...

Pimentel hails mandate removing booklet requirement for senior citizens

Senator Koko Pimentel voiced strong support for the Department of Health's (DOH) decision to eliminate the purchase booklet requirement for senior citizens seeking medicine...

House inquiry looms over TNVS violations

A RESOLUTION at the House of Representatives calls for an investigation into alleged improper implementation of senior citizen and persons with disabilities (PWD) discounts...

Bistro Group embraces workplace diversity, hires more seniors, PWDs

The Bistro Group said its restaurants are manned by a diverse and dedicated team who ensures that every guest experience is exceptional. The company thinks...

GrabFood Delivery-Partner thwarts snatching of senior’s valuables, receives commendation from Iloilo LGU

Levy Marl Bañez, a GrabFood delivery-partner, came to the rescue of a senior citizen whose bag  bag filled with cash and valuables was stolen...

Presidential pardon eyed for elderly inmates to decongest prisons

Senior citizen persons who are deprived of liberty (PDLs) aged 70 and above may be granted executive clemency as part of decongesting jails under...

PH population: More seniors as few babies born

Filipinos are having fewer babies while the number of senior citizens has doubled in the last 20 years to account for 8.5 percent of...

This is how it’s done

Acting Health Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire shows them how a COVID-19 booster shot is done, as she administers the jab to a senior citizen...

Senior citizens regain hall mistakenly demolished by LGU

The senior citizens of a barangay in San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan got back their public hall partly torn apart earlier by...

Lawmaker seeks P1,000 hike in senior’s pension

Senior Citizen party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes on Sunday vowed to work for the increase in the elderly’s social pension, following the approval of a...
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