CEBU, Philippines - Two thousand persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Mandaue City can now avail of a 20 percent discount each time they buy medicines and groceries.
They can avail of the discount once they show the purchase booklets given to them by the city government. The booklets bear the signature of Mayor Jonas Cortes.
The city, through the City Social Welfare and Services (CSWS), distributed the printed purchase booklets through the presidents of the 28 chapters of the Federation for the Welfare of PWDs, which includes the Mandaue City Blind Association.
The The city allotted more than P300,000 for the printing of 4,000 purchase booklets. The other 2,000 booklets will be distributed through the barangays to PWDs who are not members of the federation.
As provided by Republic Act 9442, which amended Republic Act 7277 or the “Magna Carta for Disabled Persons,” all PWDs can enjoy the privileges enjoyed by senior citizens.
Cortes said PWDs “play a vital role in the development programs of the city.” In fact, the city government has employed many of them in the CSWS office and in different barangay centers.
Michael Pielago, president of the federation, said the gesture of the city government will “really boost the morale” of PWDs in the city. Mandaue has pioneered this kind of service. Many local government units remain unaware of the law providing such benefits.
During the ceremonial turnover of the purchase booklets, Pielago asked his colleagues to observe diplomacy in asking for the discount.
CSWS already informed owners of drugstores and department stores in the city about the discount for PWDs. The office will also hold a symposium on Republic Act 7277 “to iron out any kinds and for any clarification.” /JMO (THE FREEMAN)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
1974 miss universe
Amparo Muñoz declared Miss Universe in 1974
Miss Universe 1974 Amparo Muñoz, who was crowned in the Philippines when the international beauty pageant was held here, has died after a "long illness" at her home in Malaga, Spain, reports Typically Spanish. She was 56 years old.
The actress was the first Miss Spain to be crowned Miss Universe but she renounced the title six months later due to discrepancies with the organizers, reports Typically Spanish. After winning the pageant, she returned to the Philippines to shoot the movie Hayop sa Ganda with 1969 Miss Universe Gloria Diaz, according to Ricky Lo of The Philippine Star. However, she "went home in a huff after she clashed with a producer-talent-scout with whom she swapped court charges."
More than a decade ago, Muñoz was rumored to have died from AIDS, according to Lo's column in 2006. That year, Lo wrote that Muñoz told Spanish newspaper Cronica that she suffered from a cerebral disease, not AIDS, a few years ago.
Lo quoted Muñoz, "I got sick the same day my Papa died of pulmonary infection... I was devastated by his death because I wasn't able to ask forgiveness from him for everything that I did. At first, I felt little symptoms. I would get dizzy when tying my shoes."
She added, "So I consulted a doctor and at first he told me, 'I'm afraid that you have cancer of the brain.' Soon, I was vomiting and feeling tremors. I was checked again by my doctor who found an abnormal growth in my cerebellum. So I underwent chemotherapy."
For more on this story, log on to Typically Spanish and The Philippine Star.
Miss Universe 1974 Amparo Muñoz, who was crowned in the Philippines when the international beauty pageant was held here, has died after a "long illness" at her home in Malaga, Spain, reports Typically Spanish. She was 56 years old.
The actress was the first Miss Spain to be crowned Miss Universe but she renounced the title six months later due to discrepancies with the organizers, reports Typically Spanish. After winning the pageant, she returned to the Philippines to shoot the movie Hayop sa Ganda with 1969 Miss Universe Gloria Diaz, according to Ricky Lo of The Philippine Star. However, she "went home in a huff after she clashed with a producer-talent-scout with whom she swapped court charges."
More than a decade ago, Muñoz was rumored to have died from AIDS, according to Lo's column in 2006. That year, Lo wrote that Muñoz told Spanish newspaper Cronica that she suffered from a cerebral disease, not AIDS, a few years ago.
Lo quoted Muñoz, "I got sick the same day my Papa died of pulmonary infection... I was devastated by his death because I wasn't able to ask forgiveness from him for everything that I did. At first, I felt little symptoms. I would get dizzy when tying my shoes."
She added, "So I consulted a doctor and at first he told me, 'I'm afraid that you have cancer of the brain.' Soon, I was vomiting and feeling tremors. I was checked again by my doctor who found an abnormal growth in my cerebellum. So I underwent chemotherapy."
For more on this story, log on to Typically Spanish and The Philippine Star.
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