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00:00 The committee was shown on camera earlier how difficult it is to get a senior's discount online.
00:08 Tina Panganiban-Perer was able to talk.
00:10 We will book as PWD.
00:17 Upon hearing the statement of the House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Joey Salceda,
00:22 who will book a flight to an airline to get a senior's citizen or PWD discount.
00:29 Nothing.
00:30 You don't have a button.
00:33 Mr. Chair, if I may, on the website, you click on the passengers and there will be options there.
00:39 This is how the senior citizens and PWDs usually experience online booking or online purchase.
00:47 There is no difficulty in finding an option to get a discount.
00:52 It is not difficult to just put an additional item in the purchase platform.
01:00 NCDA and NCSC has decided to call a meeting next week so that our IT, including the ICT, may be able to guide us.
01:11 The committee of the Panukala is planning to go to Palangkas for this.
01:15 In the discount for senior citizens and PWDs in tollways, although it is supported,
01:22 the operator is still studying how a senior citizen or PWD can afford to ride in the vehicle.
01:28 It is not like buying groceries or medicine.
01:32 The senior citizen's ID is shown.
01:35 A congressman is also eager to have a discount on groceries.
01:40 For now, only Php 1,300 for groceries can be given a 20% discount, which is only Php 65.
01:50 Some hotel owners in the committee have pointed out the problem with the PWD ID.
01:56 The proliferation of fake IDs or the 1,700 different types of PWD cards,
02:06 which is quite difficult to compare with any national registry.
02:12 The National Council on Disability Affairs admitted that the National Registry of the DOH is not updated.
02:19 It is said that only Php 1.3 million is registered in the National Registry,
02:24 but Php 1.5 million is already in the PWD Affairs Office in the LGUs.
02:31 For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatutok 24 Hours.
02:37 For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatutok 24 Hours.
02:38 [Music]

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