QC allots P500/mo. aid for one year to ‘most vulnerable’ constituents
The Quezon City government is giving out P500 a month to qualified indigent senior citizens, solo parents and persons with ...
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‘No programs for senior citizens’
The United Senior Citizens Party-list said with barely a month to go before millions of Filipinos decide on the fate ...
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United Senior Citizens Party-list calls on the next President, families for support
With barely a month to go before millions of Filipinos decide on the fate of the presidential candidates and elect ...
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Govt eyes 1.8M seniors in fourth inoculation drive
The government is targeting to vaccinate at least 1.8 million seniors nationwide during the fourth wave of the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" ...
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Rules for vote areas for PWDs, seniors, ‘heavily preggy’ issued
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has released its general instructions for the voting process of persons with disability, senior citizens, ...
Read moreLGUs need 80% vaxxed seniors, ill persons for Alert Level 1
Local government units need to vaccinate at least 80 percent of eligible senior citizens and persons with disability in their ...
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Sara to DSWD: Study pension for all senior citizens
LAKAS-CMD vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio has cited the need for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ...
Read moreWHO worried over 2.5 million Filipino seniors yet to receive jab
The World Health Organization (WHO) representative to the Philippines on Friday expressed worries that more than 2.5 million senior citizens ...
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House approves higher discount for seniors on water, electric bills
The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously approved on final reading a measure increasing the discount granted to senior citizens ...
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1.5m seniors urged to get vaccinated
The government on Friday called on the 1.5 million unvaccinated senior citizens to get inoculated against COVID-19, saying they might ...
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