Oral tussle over vetoed elderly bill simmers

Rep. Edcel Lagman of Albay province has rebuffed Sen. Francis Pangilinan over the vetoing of the Centenarians bill, insisting that it was Pangilinan who doomed the bill by being remiss with his duties.

The Centenarians bill—a measure Lagman and Pangilinan crafted—provides a P100,000 cash gift to centenarians as well as other benefits such as 75 percent discount on sales of goods and services to centenarians without providing for any tax credit or deduction for establishments to recoup the huge discount.