Lee Posted January 30 Posted January 30 (edited) Quote Describing it as a "useless and additional burden" for senior citizens to avail of their 20% discount, House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo called for the removal of the purchase booklet requirement. “I think we have to go away with the booklet because this is useless,” Tulfo said on Tuesday during the resumption of hearing of the Committee of Ways and Means on the moto propio inquiry into the implementation and policies on discounts, incentives and tax exemptions for senior citizens and person with disabilities (PWDs). “This is an insult to all the senior citizens kasi parang tinitingnan ng mga merchants ng mga business establishment na mga manloloko ang mga senior citizen natin kaya they have to own a booklet. Hindi pa ba enough yung kanilang mga senior citizen ID? The mere fact na mayroon silang senior citizen IDs it identifies them as a senior citizen,” Tulfo stressed. (This is an insult to all the senior citizens because it seems that the merchants of the business establishments see our senior citizens as frauds so they have to own a booklet. Are their senior citizen IDs not enough? The mere fact that they have senior citizen IDs identifies them as a senior citizen.) Tulfo pointed out the majority of seniors tend to forget their booklets at home so were not given discounts by business establishments. (Much to her chagrin, my wife has left her booklet at the store a few times and had to backtrack to retrieve it. If its not found then its another trip to see the barangay guy and 100 Php to replace it.) “Pangalawa yung laging duda, na niloloko kami ng matanda na ito na baka ibinebenta(yung binili nila). Will it close your business kapag may isang senior citizen na niloko kayo, hindi naman po ‘di ba?,” the lawmaker noted. (Second is the constant doubt that the elderly will deceive them and they might just sell the items (they bought). Your business will not close when a senior citizen cheats on you, right?) "This is full of crap, kailangan po siguro nating i-review itong law, once and for all. Kasi parang namamalimos ang mga senior citizen,” Tulfo added. Representative Milagros Aquino-Magsaysay of the United Senior Citizens partylist agreed with Tulfo’s suggestion to scrap the booklet. “I find it useless na ipakita ang booklet. Bakit pa kailangang ipakita kung ano purchase mo. Useless ang booklet,” she said. Albay lawmaker Joey Salceda also agreed with Tulfo, saying he hoped Tulfo will be included as a member of the technical working group (TWG) crafting a new law for senior citizens. Aside from discounts from establishments, Tulfo also noted the suggestion of Marikina Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo to review and create a new policy for the senior citizen discount regarding online delivery services and ride-hailing applications. “The law was passed more than 10 years ago. Naglabasan lamang itong mga Grab at mga hailing companies na ito during pandemic so hindi sila naisama sa batas natin. So there is really something wrong with this law and we have to review (it),” Tulfo said.—RF, GMA Integrated News This article Remove purchase booklet requirement for seniors - Tulfo was originally published in GMA News Online. Edited January 30 by Lee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Be nice if they do away with the booklets. It would certainly speed up the check out lines! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 31 Posted January 31 6 hours ago, Gator said: Be nice if they do away with the booklets. It would certainly speed up the check out lines! They'll think of some other way to hold things up, don't worry! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 9 hours ago, Lee said: (Second is the constant doubt that the elderly will deceive them and they might just sell the items (they bought). Your business will not close when a senior citizen cheats on you, right?) This makes a bit of sense really. I'm sure that some seniors do exactly what he mentioned---take the 20% discount and then resell the items at the regular price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 Update: Senior citizens commission suggests replacing discount booklet with centralized database Quote The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) on Friday said if the purchase booklet will be removed as a requirement to avail discounts, it should be replaced with a centralized database. NCSC chairperson Franklin Quijano pointed out that the purchase booklet serves as a record to prevent overbuying and abuse of discount benefits. For him, there should be a substitute procedure for recording purposes. (Recording is also an important aspect especially, for example, those patients who may buy too much medicine and overdose or they may turn it into a business. That is one practical function of the booklet.) (However, if there is a centralized database, like how we use QR code for ID, if we have this, there is a centralized database that controls that, then we necessarily know their purchases without having the booklet) Quijano also pointed out that a lot of papers are needed to provide the purchase booklets to around 12 million senior citizens. On January 30, House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo called for the removal of the purchase booklet requirement to avail of the 20% discount, describing it as a "useless and additional burden" for senior citizens. “I think we have to go away with the booklet because this is useless,” Tulfo said in a hearing of the Committee of Ways and Means on the moto propio inquiry into the implementation and policies on discounts, incentives and tax exemptions for senior citizens and person with disabilities (PWDs). “This is an insult to all the senior citizens kasi parang tinitingnan ng mga merchants ng mga business establishment na mga manloloko ang mga senior citizen natin kaya they have to own a booklet. Hindi pa ba enough yung kanilang mga senior citizen ID? The mere fact na mayroon silang senior citizen IDs it identifies them as a senior citizen,” he added. (This is an insult to all the senior citizens because it seems that the merchants of the business establishments see our senior citizens as frauds so they have to own a booklet. Are their senior citizen IDs not enough? The mere fact that they have senior citizen IDs identifies them as a senior citizen.) —KBK, GMA Integrated News This article Senior citizens commission suggests replacing discount booklet with centralized database was originally published in GMA News Online. Senior citizens commission suggests replacing discount booklet with centralized database (msn.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Maybe they could get the same guys who designed the SIM registration system to work on the database! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted February 2 Posted February 2 6 minutes ago, hk blues said: Maybe they could get the same guys who designed the SIM registration system to work on the database! As long as it is not the LTO programmer 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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