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A measure prohibiting minors and persons with mental and physical disabilities from drinking alcoholic beverages has been filed in the House of Representatives. Davao City Representative Paolo Duterte and Benguet Representative Eric Yap filed House Bill 1753, also known as the Anti-Underage Drinking Act, which seeks to impose a minimum legal drinking age in the […]
A lawmaker proposed to postpone the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to Oct. 9, 2023. In filing House Bill 1367, Davao Oriental Representative Cheeno Miguel Almario emphasized the need to “buy more time” for Filipinos and the country to recover from the impact of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In […]
Davao City Representative Paolo Duterte is pushing for a measure seeking to establish at least one e-learning center in every city and municipality in the country to improve the availability and accessibility of online learning amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In filing House Bill 453, Duterte said the continued proliferation of the coronavirus […]
A lawmaker emphasized the need to solve the current imbalance in child support responsibilities of separated couples as he proposed to make the withholding or stopping of child support a punishable offense. Northern Samar Representative Paul Daza said it is high time to enact a law that will protect the interest of children in case […]
A party-list lawmaker proposed a measure mandating the provision of free on-site living quarters for public school teachers. Pinuno Party-list Representative Howard Guintu filed House Bill 1041, which aims to reduce the burden of public school teachers who spend long hours of travel to get to their designated schools, by providing them with free housing. […]
A lawmaker lauded the increase of foreign tourist arrivals in Boracay Island as a good sign of economic recovery not only for the Aklan province but also for the country. Aklan Representative Teodorico Haresco Jr. cited a report from the municipal tourism office of Malay in Aklan showing that there has been a constant influx of […]
Albay 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman refiled the measure to make divorce legal in the country after his similar bill was not acted on in the 18th Congress. Lagman said he is hopeful that “beleaguered and tormented wives can soon be liberated from irretrievably dysfunctional marriages or inordinately abusive marital relations” with House Bill No. 78, an […]
The new law granting additional benefits to solo parents would not only help them provide assistance needed to properly raise their children, but also reduce the impact of inflation given the increasing commodity and fuel prices, a legislator said. Agusan del Norte Representative Lawrence Fortun, author of the law, said the Expanded Solo Parents Act […]
Basilan Representative Mujiv Hataman said he would call for a congressional review into the reported failure of the National Commission for Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) to secure visas for several Filipino Hajj pilgrims who are now stranded in Metro Manila despite paying over P300,000 for their travel arrangements to Saudi Arabia. Hataman said Congress should look […]
A lawmaker recommended reallocating some amount in the budget to finance the proposed transportation cash subsidy or “Transpo Ayuda” to public utility vehicle drivers, as well as those in the farming and fisheries sectors that were severely hit by the oil price surge. Davao City Representative Isidro Ungab said the government should study the possibility […]