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(Photo courtesy ofDSWD-NCR) MANILA - More than 8,500 centenarians have received the PHP100,000 cash incentive since its implementation in 2016. Republic Act 10868, or the Centenarians Act of 2016, celebrates the longevity of centenarians with the cash gift, even if they are residing abroad. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) data shared on Friday showed 8,568 centenarians have benefited from the law. A total of 2,739 centenarians received the gift in 2016, while 940 got it in 2017. Benefiting from the cash incentive in 2018 were 1,509 centenarians, along with 1,090 in 2019, an...

(Photo courtesy of Tandag City DRRM Office) MANILA - A total of 12,237 families have so far been preemptively evacuated in regions in the path of Typhoon Odette, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Thursday. In its 8 a.m. update, the agency said this figure is equivalent to 45,383 individuals. This can be broken down into 4,615 families from Eastern Visayas and another 7,622 from Caraga. The NDRRMC also reported that 3,891 passengers, along with 1,745 rolling cargoes, 22 vessels, and three motorbancas were stranded in Calabarzon, Region 5, Region 6,...

(File photo) MANILA - The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) reported Tuesday that more than 35,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), or more than 72.2 percent of the country's inmate population in its penal farms and prison facilities, have received the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines. Based on its data as of November 19, the BuCor said 35,111 out of a total of 45,598 inmates in prisons and penal farms have received the jabs - 25,266 of whom received their first dose while 9,845 have been fully vaccinated. At the New Bilibid Prison (PDL) in Muntinlupa City, 22,134 PDLs or 78 per...