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Safety net for the elderly

There’s good news for the elderly in the country. The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill that seeks to broaden job...

Japan’s elderly population hits record high

TOKYO – The number of people in Japan aged 65 or older hit a record high of 36.25 million this year, government data shows,...

DSWD cuts over 13K seniors from social pension program after revalidation

To ensure that only the truly needy benefit from its social pension program, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas...

Solon grateful to Speaker for marshalling bill on seniors, PWDs

SENIOR Citizen party-List Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes has thanked Speaker Martin Romualdez for manifesting concerns towards the elderly population and persons-with-disability (PWDs). Ordanes was grateful to...

Don’t bring kids, elderly in NAIA, airport execs say

The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) has urged air travelers to reconsider bringing vulnerable individuals, including children, the elderly, pregnant women, and those with...

Lawmakers vow to hasten P500 discount for seniors

Updated on February 25 // 11: 33 PM House Speaker Martin Romualdez moved to fast-track the P500 discount for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in...

DSWD project reunites street children, elderly with families

Two street children and an elderly have been re-united with their respective families through a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) project aiming...

Bill giving cash to elderly passes on final reading

A Senate bill filed by Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. will mandate the government to give cash gifts to citizens reaching 80 and 90 years...

Proud being seniors

"One elderly has a word of counsel: ‘Save for your retirement age and avoid asking support from your children’" Three elderly, all retired and enjoying...

Food for the soul: Caring for elderly left behind in Venezuela exodus

"Half a million old people among the country’s five million pensioners live completely alone, abandoned by what an NGO describes as a ‘precarious’ elderly...

Live a full, active senior life with Birch Tree Advance 

Seniors—elderly people ages 60 and up—have a higher risk of infection and hospitalization. But apart from the usual health problems they get due to...

Lessons from the elderly

"If the conversations had run through the alphabet, three letters gleamed and gave us an impression: he stands beside the letters H, B, and...

Ordanes seeks adjustments in indigency for elderly

Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes of the Senior Citizen partylist on Wednesday said several agencies in the executive departments can raise indigency limits for availing of...

DOH okays 2nd booster for elderly, frontliners

Health workers and the elderly may now receive a second booster against COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. Messenger RNA vaccines such as...
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