PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Every Monday is a day senior citizens here could look forward to as it has been declared “Senior Citizen Free Movie Day”.
SM Prime Holdings Inc., which manages and operates SM City Puerto Princesa, announced Friday that by simply showing their ID cards issued by the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), senior citizens would have a 100-percent free admission privilege to SM Cinemas first screening every Monday, provided this did not fall on a regular or special holiday
Russel Fernandez, SM City Puerto Princesa’s public relations officer, said the free pass was exclusively for the use of senior citizens and valid only at SM City Puerto Princesa’s regular cinemas.
Sneak previews, advance screenings, premiere nights, special public screenings, reserved screenings, and sports or live events shall not be covered by the free admission.
Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entries shall be exempted from free viewing during the first two weeks of their initial screenings.
“This will definitely be a blessing to our senior citizens. With our movie industry starting to gain ground again, our grandfathers and grandmothers can now enjoy, relax, and see their favorite actors for free,” he said. (Celeste Anna Formoso/PNA)
