Turning 119-Year-Old Woman From Negros Occidental The Oldest Person Alive?

Francisca Susano – A grandmother from Palawan could be the world’s oldest person at 118 and is turning 119 on September 11.

Francisca Susano, was born on Sept. 11, 1897, in Barangay Oringao in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, according to her birth certificate. Once her birth records are verified by the Gerontology Research Group or the Guinness World Records, she could be officially pronounced as the “world’s oldest living person”.



According to a report in ABS-CBN, Susano has been eating fruits and vegetables mostly.

In order to relieve stress, she loves to play the flute!

According to The Visayan Daily Star, Susano was the eldest among the 75 centenarians who received P100,000 each from the Negros Occidental provincial government during the 117th Cinco de Noviembre celebration held at the provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, last 2015

What’s amazing is that, according to Susano, after being married at the age of 14, and bore her first child at 17, Susano’s eldest daughter is now 100 years old!



The report added that Susano had 14 children, and she has 70 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

According to her, her secret in life is eating veggies and fruits, as well as cooking dishes without additives. Also, she was just so inclined music especially playing the flute.

Now that the former President Benigno Aquino III already signed the Centenarians Act of 2016, Susano will also be receiving another P100,000 from the Philippine government as the law grants all Filipino aged 100 to receive such amount

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A Great-Great-Grandmother Celebrates 119th Birthday in Negros

It’s a big day for grandmother Francisca Susano of Brgy. Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, today.

She is celebrating her 119th birthday, today, September 11.

If her birth records have been verified by Gerontology Research Group or the Guinness World Records, she could be the oldest living person in the world.



The holder of the title as the world’s oldest living person is Emma Morano of Italy who was born on November 29, 1899.

Susano, known as Lola Isca to her family and relatives, was born on September 11, 1897 in Kabankalan City. This is according to her birth records.

She married at the age of 14 and had 14 children.

Today, she has eight surviving sons and daughters. The oldest of them is 96 years old Magdalena. Next to her is 84 years old Ernesto.

Lola Isca is living with Ernesto at Brgy. Oringao, Kabankalan City, with his wife and children.

He leaves Lola Isca at home where playing music instrument entertains her while her son is away.

Lola Isca also shared that she did not go to school because her parents did not allow them.

She doesn’t eat meal without vegetables like squash, eggplant and gabi, except on those times that they don’t have something to buy rice for food.



As of now, Lola Isca can’t count her great-great-grandchildren anymore. But she has almost 200 grandchildren scattered in Negros Occidental, Metro Manila and Palawan.

On November 2, 2015, Lola Isca received P100-K from the provincial government of Negros Occidental during the Negros First Centenarians Day, through the Negros First Centenarians Ordinance of the province.

On May 2016, former President Benigno Aquino III signed Centenarians Act of 2016 into law. By this, Lola Isca will receive another P100-K from the national government.