CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON PROPOSAL TO DO AWAY WITH BOOKLETS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
Tuesday, 06 February 2024
In the morning of 6 February 2024, PAGASA Pres. Steven T. Cua (STC) was
invited by Congress as a Resource Person to shed light on food
retailers' views regarding proposal to do away with booklet and in
effect, do away with maximum purchases by senior citizens eligible for
5% food discount. This Joint Hearing by the Committees on Ways &
Means, Senior Citizens and Persons With Disabilities was chaired by Rep.
Jose Sarte Salceda, Congressional Chairman for Ways & Means. It was
a good thing he allowed STC to speak. That's his voice in the video
noting what STC is saying. Of course the old congressmen & women and
officers from the Nat'l. Commission on Senior Citizens in attendance
wanted to do away with the SC's booklet on groceries and pharmacies. The
President of the Drug Stores Assn. of the Phils. (DSAP) gave a similar
objection as PAGASA's and the PRA's.