Senior citizens should demand a 32-percent discount when buying food and other basic needs to fully avail themselves of the benefits of Republic Act No. 9994, or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act, a party list lawmaker representing their sector said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENTComputation“Business establishments should be aware of this privilege to seniors and honor it because it is law. “So what we are telling the businesses is to just peg the discount at 32 percent, so that seniors would not have to make computations. Under the law, she stressed, seniors are entitled to 20-percent discount for services at hotels, restaurants, spas, beauty and massage parlors, domestic travels, and concerts.
