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00:08Senior citizens no longer need to bring a purchase booklet
00:12to get a discount on buying medicine.
00:15This is after Health Secretary General Hermosa passed
00:19Administrative Order No. 2024-0017.
00:23According to the Secretariat of Health,
00:25some senior citizens find it difficult to bring it to the boutique.
00:31The new order is also in line with President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.'s desire
00:37to give senior citizens the opportunity to bring the most affordable medicine.
00:45The Department of Social Welfare and Development continues to distribute aid
00:50to residents affected by the eruption of Volcano Canlaona.
00:54According to the report of DSWD Region 7,
00:56up to 1,739 families were evacuated from their homes.
01:033,000 cash assistants were also distributed under the AICS program.
01:09The aim is to reduce the expenses of families who lost their homes
01:14due to the eruption of Volcano Canlaona.
01:18That's all the news for now.
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01:25I'm Naomi Timurcio for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
