Revilla bats for age 56 as start of senior citizenship

SEN. Ramon «Bong» Revilla Jr. wants to lower the senior citizenship age from 60 to 56.

Revilla, principal author of the newly signed Expanded Centenarian Law, said that there was a need to lower the threshold age for senior citizens because of the low life expectancy of Filipinos, aside from the fact that many Filipinos already take maintenance medicines at the age of 40 and even lower.

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