Pnoy has vetoed the Bill on Centinarians.

Pnoy has vetoed the Bill on Centinarians.

Aquino vetoed a consolidated bill that will grant 75 per cent discounts to centenarians, as he said that the amount will severely cut into the profit margins of traders and result in capital loss.

Like most Asians, Filipino families typically look after their old unlike in other countries where they are relegated to “homes” for the aged. Also, very seldom that they reach the age of 100 and it is indeed a milestone if ever they do, it is doubtful if Filipinos reaching the centenarian age exceeds such a number to be a real “burden for the business sector”.

The real reason for the President’s veto must be that he love the business elite who makes handsome profits more than the aged citizens in difficulty.


Other than the Centenarian Bill, Aquino had also vetoed a measure that protects the rights of people displaced by conflict and calamity.

Overseas Filipinos are reminded by this presidential gesture of the OWWA’s rule on aged OFWs. An OFW who reach the pension age of 65 years are no longer qualified for OWWA membership and cannot avail anymore on OWWA benefits or services despite of his long years of contributing to the OWWA fund.

Is there a parallel on the two rulings?

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