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Timely and worthy of support. On this note, Senator Robin Padilla’s bill allowing equal access for Filipino Muslims and indigenous peoples (IPs) in public cemeteries gained support in the Senate, particularly from Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III. In his “supportive” interpellation of Padilla’s Senate Bill 1273, Pimentel commended Padilla for “having thought of this […]
Senator Robin Padilla pushed for equal access of Filipino Muslims and Indigenous Peoples (IPs) for burial in public cemeteries. Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs, lamented that Muslims and IPs still encounter problems in looking for burial grounds for their departed loved ones. “Nakakaranas din po madalas ng diskriminasyon […]