Doubling seniors’ social pension tops senator’s agenda
INCREASING the social pension of indigent senior citizens
will be a top priority of Sen. Sonny Angara if he is reelected to the...
Zamboanga City seniors get 2 free movies per month
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Senior citizens of this city can now watch
two movies of their choice for free every month.
This, after...
P10-million senior citizens’ office in Cotabato breaks ground
COTABATO CITY—The city government and a party-list
representative launched on Thursday the construction of a P10-million building
that elders can call their own.
Rebooted lives: Easter thoughts
“We must die to one life, before we can enter another.” — Anatole
France
I...
71 females among Cordillera’s 120 centenarians
BAGUIO CITY—The Cordillera region has recorded 120
centenarians, with the addition of the oldest living mambabatok (tattoo artist)
Maria Oggay, popularly known as “Ina...
Davao task force clears UP-Mindanao of informal settlers
DAVAO CITY—A joint task force composed of police, the
military, Bureau of Fire Protection and the Central 911 implemented a
demolition order from the...
The Filipino name game
FIFTY years or so from now, I can imagine grandkids calling
out to their Lolo Bryan, Lolo Kevin,...
Special evaluations can help seniors cope with cancer care
BEFORE she could start breast-cancer treatment, Nancy Simpson had to walk in a straight line, count backward from 20 and repeat a...
Validation of social pensioners in Antique continues
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique—The validation of the
elderly residents of Antique being conducted by the provincial Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
POEA: Japan needs 60,000 caregivers
JAPAN currently needs 60,000 caregivers, the Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said.
POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said private recruitment
agencies will...
The man who discovered Nora Aunor
I MET the man very casually while waiting for people interested in investing in a new TV show. He turned out to...
It’s getting more dangerous to walk in America
AS you may have heard, since a lot was written about it a
few weeks ago, pedestrian deaths are on the rise in...
Ilocos black garlic displayed in recent Japan health exhibit
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte—The black garlic product of
state-run Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) here has started going global
after its successful debut in...
US Justice Department targeting scams against older people
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department said on Thursday that it
has criminally charged about 225 individuals over the past year in connection
with fraud scams that...
Makati honors newest centenarians
TWO new centenarians personally received from Makati Mayor
Abigail Binay a P100,000 check each as cash gift and a plaque of recognition,
as part...
We are the last generation
THE running joke is that we—seniors, people of the golden
sunset—are on a predeparture lounge waiting for our...
Ilocos Norte looking for more tourism-industry workers
LAOAG CITY—The Provincial Tourism Office will hire more
tourism workers to better serve and assist visitors here, amid the expected
influx of tourists these...
Spain’s nursing ‘house of horrors’ reveals deceit of elders
MADRID—Spain’s Civil Guard said it arrested six people for
possibly swindling €1.8 million ($2 million) from elderly people held at an
alleged “house of...
DOH warns public vs heatstroke
THE Department of Health (DOH) warned the public against the
dangers of heatstroke, a common health condition associated with rising
temperatures during the dry...
QC reserves courtesy seats for elderly
QUEZON City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista on Tuesday approved an ordinance that offers courtesy seats for persons with disability (PWDs), pregnant women...
