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The Senate hailed members of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) taekwondo team for finishing as the overall champion in their event at the 2022 World Police and Fire Games. The chamber adopted proposed Resolution No. 113, authored by Senator Lito Lapid, during a recent plenary session. The measure was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Joel […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a Senate Bill No. 1078 which proposes to increase the number of minimum leaves afforded to victims of domestic violence. The additional paid leaves will be needed for those who will be going through legal proceedings and may need to go to court once a month. The same can be […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking to institutionalize the establishment of nursing homes for neglected and abandoned elderly in every city and municipality. In filing Senate Bill No. 1201, to be known as the Homes for Abandoned Seniors Act, Lapid recognized the immense contributions of our senior citizens to the growth and progress […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a measure urging the Senate to condone the present outstanding loans of agrarian reform beneficiaries, saying it will ensure the recovery of farmers and aid in overcoming the fallout of COVID-19 crisis, slow economic growth and escalating wars. Lapid said that the proposed measure will write off the beneficiaries’ current […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. 274 which seeks to establish the College Living Expenses Financing (CLEF) program to support higher studies of Filipino students of good academic standing. The bill, once it becomes a law, will mandate the national government to set up a loan guarantee fund for student loans to be […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking to mandate all government agencies and local government units to convert in an easily understandable form and translate to Filipino and any other appropriate regional language or dialect all their announcements, advisories, press releases, issuances, and any other information relevant to a local or national disaster or […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. 32 seeking to exempt qualified indigent Filipinos from paying professional licensure examination fees. In filing his measure, Lapid said that with the passage of Republic Act 10687 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, the youth now have the chance to acquire a better future […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill that seeks to protect delivery riders and drivers against unjustified cancellation of orders or “no show” customers. These fraudulent acts result in a waste of time, effort, and money on the part of the delivery riders or drivers. What aggravates the situation is that some of these canceling […]
Senator Lito Lapid filed a resolution encouraging the Senate to express its congratulations and commendation to the Philippine National Women’s Football team, Filipinas, for bagging the country’s first-ever Championship crown in the ASEAN Football Federation’s history held recently at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.In his resolution, Lapid said that “the Philippine Women’s National Football […]
Senator Lito Lapid has re-filed his bill seeking to enhance the patients’ right to medical expense transparency, allowing them to make fully informed decisions about the quality of healthcare that they want and need by giving them access to information such as the price and quality of service in advance. Lapid maintained that the Medical […]