On Wednesday, Starbucks expressed regret for displaying a notice in a store that restricted the senior citizen 20% discount. At a Ways and Means House Committee hearing, Starbucks’ Operations Director Angela Cole acknowledged …
On Monday, Speaker Martin Romualdez asked Congress to probe businesses ignoring discounts meant for seniors and people with disabilities (PWD). Romualdez emphasized that the price reductions for senior citizens and …
On Tuesday, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) stated that the Philippines should begin planning for the “graying” of its population due to the rise in senior persons. Juan …
Dr. Rontgene Solante, an infectious disease expert, said on Monday that the second booster shot is only suggested for the elderly and immunocompromised for the time being and not for …
Malacañang is not in favor of a senator’s proposal to allow fully vaccinated senior citizens to go out. At the same time, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque clarified that the ban …
Presidential adviser Joey Concepcion is pushing to pursue the “vaccine pass” so that senior citizens can leave their homes. The vaccine pass may eventually be digitized but can now be …
The Department of Health (DOH) said only 6 percent of senior citizens in the Philippines have received vaccines against COVID-19, two months after the government rolled out its inoculation program. …
Less than half of the number of senior citizens came to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Barangay 152 in Caloocan City, according to the city’s vaccination authorities as of Wednesday …
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine is found to be at least 51% effective among senior citizens, noting that the vaccine from China should not …
The Vaccine Development Experts Panel (VEDP) has endorsed the use of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinovac to senior citizens amid supply shortage of AstraZeneca vaccines, VEFP head and Dr. Nina …
Authorities have warned vendors to carefully check what is being paid to them after some senior citizens in Mindanao were victimized by a fake P1,000 bill handed to them. In …
According to the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), it was only in 2020 that they received complaints regarding PWD discounts not provided in online transactions. “Dati totally wala sa …
A lawmaker filed a bill pushing for the mail voting for senior citizens in the upcoming 2022 elections. The House Bill 7572 filed by Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Quimbo …
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said Tuesday 80% of senior citizens in the country have no pension or retirement fund. “Based on the latest report of the Philippine …
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) clarified that senior citizens and those aged 21 and under could go to their offices and register after the agency recorded a low number of …
A senior citizen was shocked when he found out he was already dead based on the records of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Vonne Aquino reported on GMA News …
Senators grilled Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Tuesday for its possibly “over-bloated” list of senior citizen beneficiaries that included minor members as young as three years old. Senator Francis Tolentino …
A man who showed COVID-19 symptoms and was apprehended at a checkpoint in Cotabato City tested positive for the respiratory disease, Unang Balita reported Thursday. Due to his apparent symptoms, …
House special committee on senior citizens’ technical working group approved a consolidated bill which will grant P25,000 cash gift to the elderly when they reach the age of 80 years …
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) clarified Thursday that senior citizens who are working and living alone in GCQ areas could go out starting May 1. DILG …
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday urged the government to reconsider its GCQ policy that prohibits the elderly to go out of their homes. CHR said those 60 …
Nineteen women, including several senior citizens, were rescued by authorities from prostitution in Manila on Sunday night, wherein a suspected pimp was also arrested. Police raided Rizal Avenue and Recto …
A senior citizen woman was found dead in a sugarcane field in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the victim as Melba Paglumotan, 60 years old. Initial investigations revealed that …
Senior citizen Mariza Banda was found dead Monday in her home in Marilao, Bulacan. According to Leida Hamwee, the victim’s daughter, it was around 5 p.m. on Saturday when the …