1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (411+ words) SENIOR citizens, particularly retired teachers, may soon take on a bigger role in helping address the growing literacy crisis among young learners in Cebu City. The City Council approved a resolution on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, encouraging senior citizens" associations to mobilize…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (442+ words) THE CEBU Provincial Government, in coordination with the National Food Authority (NFA) 7, will roll out a subsidized rice program on April 15, 2026, offering rice at P20 per kilo. Provincial agriculture and livelihood consultant Gigi Sanchez said in a Facebook post on Thursday,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (329+ words) THE Lapu-Lapu City Government rolled out its first-ever P20-per-kilo rice program during the Kadiwa Pop-up Store at the City Hall Grounds on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Mayor Ma. Cynthia "Cindi" King-Chan in a public statement said the initiative benefited at least 250 residents,…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (340+ words) THOUSANDS of senior citizens in Cebu City will receive a partial cash assistance payout of P1, 000 on Saturday, March 28, 2026, as delays stall the local government's return to a quarterly distribution system. Although the City Council has approved an ordinance restoring quarterly…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (331+ words) THE Cebu City Council has officially voted to bring back the quarterly release of cash assistance for the city's elderly. Under the newly approved ordinance, qualified senior citizens will once again receive their P3, 000 subsidy every three months, totaling P12, 000 per year....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (516+ words) THE Public Employment Service Office-Davao City (Peso-Davao City) said that the second batch of senior citizens has already started their jobs under the Senior Citizens Work Opportunity Ordinance on January 15, 2026. "We have deployed already 70 ka senior citizens," Shirly Duran-Sahid, labor…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (141+ words) THE City Government of Zamboanga is modernizing the distribution of cash incentives to senior citizens by releasing funds through automated teller machines (ATM) to improve efficiency. City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) Chf. Socorro Rojas said Monday, February 23, the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (233+ words) The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) distributed "100, 000 cash gifts to four Aeta centenarians on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at the Capas Events Center in Tarlac. The NCSC also conveyed a felicitation letter from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a greeting and…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (464+ words) A lawmaker is proposing to grant all Filipino senior citizens, regardless of their pension status with any government agency, such as the Social Security System (SSS) or the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), a P1, 000 monthly pension. Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (300+ words) THE National Commission of Senior Citizens'Davao Region (NCSC-Davao) awarded financial benefits to roughly 13, 247 senior citizens in 2025 under the Expanded Centenarians Act (ECA), the agency said. Filbert Bryan L. Sollesta, program development officer of NCSC-Davao, said the total cash distributed amounted to…...