An interesting article in The Manila Times questions if age is still respected in traditionally family-respecting countries such as the Philippines.
Nobody cares for the elderly anymore is a special report that discusses how:
Poor, sick, undernourished, under­medicated are very many of the about 6 million Filipinos who are 60 years old and older. The majority of our senior citizens are among the unhappiest and poorest Filipinos, as demographic statistics of the government show.
Why is this so when everyone who describes the Philippines says it is a Christian country and, according to a high Welfare department official “one of the distinct …read more