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                    [ArticleID] => 2343412
                    [Title] => P500 more monthly stipend for seniors
                    [Summary] => Poor senior citizens in Central Visayas will be receiving double their monthly stipend from P500 to P1,000 starting on the first quarter this year.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-26 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1526426
                    [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
                    [SectionUrl] => cebu-news
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/03/25/3_2024-03-25_23-56-05250_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 2341866
                    [Title] => Bill ensuring employability of seniors gets House nod
                    [Summary] => Efforts to ensure employment for senior citizens gained a boost after the House committee on ways and means yesterday approved a bill providing for it.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804896
                    [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/03/19/4_2024-03-19_21-59-55383_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2341716
                    [Title] => House panel OKs tax breaks for companies hiring senior citizens
                    [Summary] => Under the bill, companies hiring elderly workers can avail of a 25% tax reduction of the amount paid to salaries, wages and benefits and trainings for senior citizens. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-19 15:06:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2020/07/28/snm2020-07-0721-19-19_2020-07-28_18-57-51_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2341235
                    [Title] => FDA, BIR collaborate to cut medicine prices for senior citizens
                    [Summary] => The Food and Drug Administration is partnering with the Bureau of Internal Revenue to reduce the prices of essential medicines for senior citizens by exempting them from Value Added Tax.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-17 15:47:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804611
                    [AuthorName] => Kristine Daguno-Bersamina
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/02/28/elderly_2024-02-28_15-53-14204_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2337371
                    [Title] => Reviving the BLISS program
                    [Summary] => Unsa man ni? Kahinumdom mo ini? Alang kanatong mga senior citizens, ilabina kadtong dugay-dugay nang na-senior (sama kanako), dili gyud makalimot niini, kay usa man kini sa mga impact projects nga nahitabo sa atong kinabuhi.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-03-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134484
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804906
                    [AuthorName] => Antolin dela Serna
                    [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon
                    [SectionUrl] => opinyon
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2336814
                    [Title] => Seniors, PWDs to get P500 monthly grocery discount starting March 
                    [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry will raise the monthly discount cap on groceries and prime commodities for senior citizens and persons with disabilities to P500 starting March, House Speaker Martin Romualdez said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-28 15:51:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/02/28/elderly_2024-02-28_15-53-14204_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2336635
                    [Title] => Discounted senior citizen discount
                    [Summary] => The signing into law that now grants one-time cash gift to Filipinos reaching the age of 80, 85, 90 and 95 years old is the most welcome reward for achieving long life.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136417
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804833
                    [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2336645
                    [Title] => Senior moments
                    [Summary] => As of 2020, there were 9,242,121 senior citizens or those above 60 years old in this country, as recorded by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133252
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807094
                    [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2336283
                    [Title] => Marcos signs expanded Centenarian Law 
                    [Summary] => President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law Republic Act 11982 granting benefits to octogenarians and nonagenarians. The law covers Filipinos residing in the Philippines or abroad.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-26 12:26:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/01/02/cent_2023-01-02_20-27-44118_thumbnail.jpg
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            [9] => Array
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                    [ArticleID] => 2331217
                    [Title] => NCSC wants senior booklet replacement
                    [Summary] => Saying the senior citizen’s purchase booklet no longer serves its purpose, the National Commission of Senior Citizens has recommended its replacement with a database that can be accessed by all participating merchants.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-06 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804761
                    [AuthorName] => Helen Flores
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
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