SENIOR CITIZENS / ELDERLY / NOVEMBER 22, 2022 San Juan City Mayor Francis M. Zamora led the birthday celebration of 442 senior citizens at the San Juan City Hall Atrium, November 22, 2022. A total of 442 senior citizens who turned 70, 80, and 90 years old this year attended the event. Aside from giving them recognition, they will also receive cash assistance that the city hopes will help augment paying for their needs. Three hundred thirty-three (330) 70-year-old senior citizens received P3,000, ninety (90) 80-year-old citizens received P5,000, and nineteen (19) 90-year-olds received P8,000 in cash. INQUIRER PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA
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Insingasing  ni Bicol Saro Partylist Representative Brian Yamsuan ti kaadda dagiti  local job facilitation offices tapno matulongan dagiti senior citizens ken persons with disabilities (PWDs) a makasarak iti panggedan ken training opportunities.

Inyunay-unay ti agpanpanday-linteg ti karit a sangsanguen dagiti senior ken PWD gapu ti edad ken pisikal a kabaelanda.

Basar ti rekord ti Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) a 353,000 laeng kadagiti 1.9 million a PWD nga addaan iti working age ti naaddaan iti trabaho idi 2022.

Idinto a kadagiti 2.54 a milion a kualipikado a senior citizen, 965,200 laeng ti nakastrek iti trabaho.

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Maibasar iti singasing, kasapulan nga ipasdek ti DOLE dagiti Local Centers for Inclusive Employment (LCIEs), iti kiddaw ti LGU, strategic area a sakupda.

Malaksid iti panangtulong ti Local Centers for Inclusive Employment a mangsapul kadagiti maiyannatup ken naintiempuan a trabaho, tulonganda pay dagiti senior ken PWD babaen ti panagsanay tapno mapatanorda ti paglaingan ken employability-da.