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Elderly Filipinos going online in Baliwag, Bulacan, north of Manila. Photo from the SM City Baliwag blog.

Philippines: Youth solon wants senior citizens to go online

By Thu, Feb 17, 2011 3:37PM UTC View Comments Elderly Filipinos going online in Baliwag, Bulacan, north of Manila. Photo from the SM City Baliwag blog.

The Philippines’ lone youth representative in the Philippine Congress has taken up the cause of providing computer literacy training for senior citizens, and hoping have them ride the information superhighway a la “Lola Techie”, the popular grandmother character behind a string of telco advertisements. Filed by Kabataan (Youth) Partylist Representative  Raymond Palatino, House Bill 4197...

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