Financial aid for senior citizens’ medication maintenance proposed

COTABATO CITY — To cater the medical needs of senior citizens in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, lawmakers filed a bill to provide financial assistance for senior citizens’ prescription maintenance.

Universal social pension for seniors bill gets House final nod

THE HOUSE of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved on the third and final reading a measure granting universal social pension to all Filipino senior citizens.

Probe on reports of refusal of discount for seniors, PWDs pushed

SPEAKER MARTIN Romualdez on Monday called for a congressional probe on reports that local establishments are denying senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) their mandated 20-percent discount.