Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:10:58 +0000
The House of Representatives approved Tuesday on third and final reading a bill creating the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC).
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:40:02 +0000
The Senate has approved on third and final reading four bills – the Magna Carta of the Poor, creation of the Senior Citizens Commission, survivorship benefits children of deceased retired officials of constitutional offices bill and the bill exempting small-scale miners from paying income and excise taxes when selling gold to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 05:50:50 +0000
The House special committee on senior citizens has approved a bill aiming to grant cash gifts from P25,000-P50,000 to senior citizens.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 06:13:04 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The plan of Skyway Corporation to ban non-radio-frequency identification (RFID) vehicles from using the Skyway’s Doña Soledad (Bicutan) and Dr. A. Santos (Sucat) exits is not only “uncalled for” but “smacks of the company’s lack of concern to motorists” and a “violation of its obligations” with its authority to operate its toll facilities, lawyer Romulo Macalintal said Tuesday.
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The Philippines has a reputation of openness toward homosexuality, but experts say legal protections are lacking and the nation’s weak social safety net especially fails older gay people.
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