DSWD defends elderly PWD's rights

DSWD defends elderly PWD's rights

SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rexlon Gatchalian has ordered agency officials to team up with Antipolo City's local government unit (LGU) in filing criminal charges against a group of men who mocked a senior citizen with a disability, as seen in a viral video. "We will work with the Antipolo City LGU in filing a case against the group of four men who made fun of the senior citizen who is also a person with disability (PWD)," Gatchalian…

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed his officials to coordinate with the Antipolo City Local Government Unit to file criminal charges against a group of men who allegedly made fun of a female Senior Citizen with a disability that went viral on social media in Barangay Dela Paz in Antipolo City, Rizal. According to Secretary Gatchalian, the agency has collaborated with personnel of the Antipol…