When we get old, we all look the same
Time is a great leveler. After it’s done with us, we all become ugh-ly and wrinkled, just like the once juicy fruit I placed in the ref two months ago and then forgot all about it.
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Time is a great leveler. After it’s done with us, we all become ugh-ly and wrinkled, just like the once juicy fruit I placed in the ref two months ago and then forgot all about it.
IN light of the recent legislation expanding cash gifts to individuals turning 80, 85, 90, and 95, a senior lawmaker on Thursday called upon local government executives to collaborate with the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) and other concerned agencies to swiftly complete the national database of elderly Filipinos entitled to the financial incentives.
The city government of Batac, through the implementation of the Expanded Batac Pre-Centenarian and Centenarian Citizens’ Ordinance, has been reaching out to its elders in recognition of their contribution to community development.
One morning a week ago, as I was quietly reading a book, I heard the unmistakable whirring of power blades in our neighborhood. I sat up, a little bit alarmed; only to learn that branches of overgrown trees were being cut down along the main road of our subdivision.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Wednesday said senior citizens and persons with disabilities will be able to enjoy the increase to P500 per month in discounts on groceries and other prime commodities before the end of March.
My wife and I are members of a senior citizen organization in our subdivision. Whenever our small circle gets to meet, we usually have disparate casual pocket “kumpulans” while waiting for the rest to arrive. And the topics are predictable. In one little cluster it would be about the contents of the gift bags from the Mayor’s office birthday or the cash gifts from the barangay head, which they had received or in some cases not received. In the next bunch, the chatter would be the amount of additional pensions or grocery discounts for senior citizens being mulled over in Congress. In the next small grouping, one would hear the litany of complaints about senior citizen discounts in some establishments.
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go lauded the signing into law of Republic Act No. 11982, or the Amendments to the Centenarian Act. The measure, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on February 26, expands the benefits for elderly Filipinos.
MANILA—President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday signed into law Republic Act (RA) 11981, or the Tatak Pinoy (Proudly Filipino) Act, and RA 11982, granting benefits to octogenarians and nonagenarians.
A senior lawmaker revealed that Republic Act (RA) No. 11982, recently signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ensures that elderly Filipinos receive cash rewards upon reaching the ages of 80, 85, 90, and 95, not just when they turn 100.
PARIS—While France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, Missak Manouchian and his Resistance fighters’ heroic role in World War II are often overlooked. French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to change that by inducting Manouchian into the Panthéon national monument on Wednesday.
MANILA—The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) has presented the centenarian personalized stamp and commemorative cover to former Senate President and now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile during the celebration of his 100th birthday on February 14 in Malacañang.
LONDON—A former Royal Air Forces pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old.
There are seniors who find it challenging to come to terms with their age. Acknowledging this reality is often more difficult than simply stating it.
UP to four Muntinlupa senior citizens and 15 persons with disabilities (PWDs) were among those hired-on-the-spot from a total of 167 applicants at the recently concluded Mega Jobs Fair at the SM Center Muntinlupa.
GOVERNMENT is looking to lower the minimum age of foreign retirees in the Philippines, this time with tighter security background checks of applicants.
ILOILO CITY—Senior citizens were among the first in line here as voters’ registration for next year’s midterm elections started on Monday.
MANILA—President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday hosted a lunch for the 100th birthday of his chief legal counsel, Juan Ponce Enrile, and honored the centenarian’s significant contributions to the country’s development.
Embarking on a cruise across the vast ocean is a cherished aspiration, occupying the highest position on the personal bucket lists of most retired seniors. During my reunion with former college classmates, who are all in their 70s like me, the usual meandering oldies’ talk drifted towards the topic of sea cruises. Everyone got excited and pined to experience the pleasure of a vacation at sea aboard one of those mega luxury cruise ships at least once in their lifetime.
The House Committee on Ways and Means, House Committee on Senior Citizens, and Special Committee on Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday directed the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to increase the senior citizen’s discount on basic goods from P65 per week to P125 per week, or a total of P500 per month.
Our society puts an expiry date on our usefulness with the mandatory retirement at age 65. But just as packaged food products are still very edible beyond the expiry dates on their labels, we can still be “juicy” and “substantial” beyond that arbitrary age line.
A party-list lawmaker on Thursday cited the need for the crafting of an inter-agency memorandum circular to improve the implementation of the laws granting discounts and benefits to senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and solo parents.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday said it fully supports the call of two lawmakers to abolish the senior citizen’s purchase slip booklet following numerous complaints coming from the elderly.
A senior lawmaker strongly backed the enforcement of the oversight power of the House of Representatives to ensure compliance with laws providing discounts and benefits to around 35 million senior citizens, solo parents, and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the country.
OSWIECIM, Poland—A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland.
I have noticed that a growing number of elderly individuals are struggling to manage their outbursts of anger. Many can’t seem to endure long waiting. They get annoyed and riled easily and constantly, in long lines, heavy traffic, during lengthy commercial breaks, or when longwinded friends just won’t get to the point. They are suffering from patience deficit or hurry sickness.
CEBU CITY—Around 300,000 indigent senior citizens in Central Visayas have benefited from the P1.8 billion monthly social pension program of the national government.
BUTUAN CITY—At least 188,080 indigent senior citizens in the Caraga Region received financial assistance through the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens (SocPen) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in 2023.
THE Social Security System’s (SSS) Workers’ Investment and Savings Program (WISP) contributions jumped in 2023 to P79.51 billion from the P20.4 billion it collected from the previous year.
Sometime ago, the hot topic in our public discourse was the so-called “sovereign wealth fund” even if most of it went over the head of the Filipino on the street.
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