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The Senate is clamping down on child marriages by passing a bill declaring it as a public crime. Senate Bill No. 1373, seeking to prohibit and declare child marriage as illegal, was approved on final reading with 21 affirmative votes, no negative vote and no abstention. Senator Risa Hontiveros, principal author and sponsor of the […]
Senator Manny Pacquiao has filed a bill seeking to prohibit spitting and expelling nasal mucouis in public places. Pacquiao filed Senate Bill No. 1406, also known as the “Anti-Spitting Act of 2020.” The measure provides for a steep penalty for those who shall be caught spitting saliva or expelling nasal mucous in any place to […]
The Senate has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the measure that will tax electronic cigarettes and raise excise taxes on alcohol, which is expected to give the government an additional P24.9 billion in revenues. The bicameral conference committee earlier reconciled Senate Bill No. 1074 and House Bill No. House Bill No. 1026. Distilled spirits, fermented […]