Too Old for the Queue

A 96-year-old woman who joined the long queue at the People’s Park in Davao City on Tuesday (16 December 2025) for her ₱10,000 cash gift from the Office of the Senior Citizens’ Affairs was forced to lie down on plastic chairs to rest after developing back pains while waiting for her turn for over two hours. Davao residents who turn 80, 85, 90 and 95 are entitled to the one-time cash gift, but she was late in claiming hers. MindaNews photo by RUBY ROSE L. LORA