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Pensions for the poorest: Actions speak louder than words
By Salvacion Basiano, Posted 30 October 2011 See more by this blogger
Older people in the Philippines are now pushing to shape the country’s welfare programme for the poorest older people. We have spent so much time, including being interviewed on prime time TV, getting a bill passed to provide a... Keep reading
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At the UN: It was great our voices could be heard - I just hope governments were listening
By Salvacion Basiano, Posted 08 August 2011 See more by this blogger
I am the first elected President of the Confederation of Older Persons Associations of the Philippines (COPAP). Last week I attended the second meeting of the UN Open Ended Working Group in New York plus a side event on... Keep reading (1 Comment)
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