1+ hour, 18+ min ago  (229+ words) FIRST lady Liza Araneta-Marcos led a rice aid distribution initiative on Wednesday among 3, 000 families in Muntinlupa City under her "Mula sa Puso Para sa Pamilya" program. The project is part of the national government's support for vulnerable sectors, particularly senior…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (295+ words) ZAMBALES, Philippines " More than 30, 000 families in the province of Zambales received 20 kilograms of rice each under the Free Rice Program of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr." In collaboration with the provincial government of Zambales under the leadership of Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1036+ words) AT the memorial for the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in 1989, a youngish Junior uttered the resolve: "I am faced with the awesome responsibility of filling in the shoes of my father." Quite expectedly, among the responsibilities he had sworn…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (837+ words) ASK what has changed in Makati this past year, and the answers will not come from headlines; they will come from the mother who renewed her Yellow Card in just a few days after months of waiting and the senior…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (361+ words) A QUOTE generally attributed to Albert Einstein says: "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." It is a tribute to what one can accomplish without the limiting box work of logic. Senate President Alan Peter…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (255+ words) SPEAKER Faustino "Bojie" Dy III on Monday showed support for having all senior citizens receive social pension. "I believe that true service starts with listening, understanding, compassion, and love," Dy said in Filipino before senior citizens' groups, lawmakers, and universal…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (698+ words) Much closer to home, Corazon Aquino and about 40 opposition members in the Batasan Pambansa in 1983 defied for three years the formidable Marcos dictatorship to eventually topple it. The Marcos regime and the United States Deep State has masterfully created a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (200+ words) MARIKINA City will begin releasing the first- and second-quarter social pension of senior citizens on Wednesday through satellite payout sites, allowing elderly beneficiaries to claim their aid closer to their communities. Marikina Mayor Marjorie "Maan" Teodoro announced the setup during…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (318+ words) IN this space last week, we discussed a major Asian Development Bank study that showed the depths of poverty among older people in the Philippines. For one, they rely for income mostly from fragile remittances and unpredictable family support. For…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (308+ words) THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it immediately responded to a viral video showing a bedridden senior citizen being transported down a mountain on a carabao-drawn cart to claim his financial assistance from the government. The agency,…...