Capitol launches program for elderly

The Cebu provincial government has launched yet another program named after Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, this time aimed at senior citizens.

Called the Government Working for Elderly Needs (GWEN), the project aims to provide food and medicine discounts and other perks to Cebu province’s elderly residents aged 60 years old and above, said Provincial Social Welfare Officer Marivic Garces.

“We’re doing this so that we can get a proper list of senior citizens,” said Garces as she announced the program’s implementation during an meeting among the province’s barangay captains at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) yesterday morning. Read more…