House approves Frasco’s affordable funeral service bill on 2nd reading

CDN Digital 05/22/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A proposal by 5th District Representative Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco to allow every Filipino family access to affordable and decent caskets for their department family members was approved on second reading during the…

SOGIESC bill reaches House plenary discussion after almost a year

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 05/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines—The proposed Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, or Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Equality Act has reached the House of Representatives’ plenary discussions, nearly a year after it was approved at the committee level. During the session on Tuesday,…

Teen pregnancies: Interagency body to tackle problem head-on

10/24/2023

The problem of teen pregnancies in the country will now be tackled with more teeth with the passing of House Bill (HB) 8910 which establishes the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Inter-Agency Council (APPIAC). The agency is composed of…

House bill protecting senior citizens from abuses gets Lapu-Lapu councilor’s support

06/23/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A Lapu-Lapu City councilor has expressed her support for the House bill which protects senior citizens from different kinds of abuses, especially from their relatives. House Bill 7030 or the proposed “Anti-Elder Abuse…

Cong. Rama pushes for security of tenure, benefits for daycare workers

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A bill aimed at instituting a Magna Carta of Daycare Workers has been introduced in Congress. Cebu City 2nd District Representative Eduardo “Edu” Rama, Jr. filed last Jan. 24, 2023, House Bill (HB)…

House bill seeks paternity leave extension

Jeanette Andrade 02/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo wants to extend to a month the weeklong paternity leave and include unmarried working fathers living in with the mother among the beneficiaries. Rillo’s House Bill No. 4430 seeks…

Telcos score win in House OK’d bill allowing cell sites in villages

Miguel Camus 12/04/2021

The House of Representatives has approved a bill that will allow telecommunications providers and other information, communications and technology (ICT) companies to purchase or lease land in private residential villages to build cell sites and support infrastructure.…

House bill penalizing vaccine line-jumpers filed

Julie Aurelio 05/22/2021

MANILA, Philippines – In the wake of reports of line-jumping and fake appointments, a lawmaker wants to criminalize vaccine queue-jumping with a 60-day jail term and fines of up to P 500,000 for violators of COVID-19’s vaccine…

House passes bill providing stiffer penalties for drunk, drugged driving

Neil Arwin Mercado 03/17/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on final reading a bill seeking to provide stiffer penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol, dangerous drugs, and other similar substances. With 203 affirmative votes…

Abellanosa echoes Duterte’s plea for faster internet connection in PH

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –If there was something that President Rodrigo Duterte said during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) that he agrees with, it was the need for faster internet connection in the country, said Cebu…

House bill increases age of consent in rape cases from 12 to 16

Pathricia Ann V. Roxas - INQUIRER.net 08/29/2019

MANILA, Philippines – A bill adjusting the age of consent in rape cases from the current 12 to 16 has been filed in the House of Representatives in a bid to shield minors from sexual violence. Tingog…

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