Today, October 10, 2022, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. signed the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act into law amid the rise of spam and scam SMS, the majority of which contain the entire names of unwary Filipinos. This was the first bill that Marcos approved during his six-year administration which is the consolidated version […]
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Anti-Lane Splitting Bill to penalize motorcycles from lane splitting
Are you a motorcycle driver who often speed up through row of vehicles, moving in the same direction as you, in slow-moving or stop-and-go traffic to avoid traffic congestion? Worry yes, because a bill that tackles and charges violators of lane splitting was introduced in the House of Representatives. READ ALSO: LTO Announces Free 15-Hour Theoretical […]
Increase from P500 to P1000 pension of indigent seniors now a law
On May 30, 2022 the Senate passed Republic Act No. 11916, otherwise known as the “Act Increasing the Social Pension of Indigent Senior Citizens” which the House of Representatives adopted the next day. On July 30, 2022, the bill has officially becomes a law. This implies that qualified senior citizens would receive P1,000 instead of […]
No Parking Space, No Car policy refiled in the 19th Congress
Are you planning to purchase a car sooner or later? You might want to consider building or acquiring your own garage first as a bill requiring motor vehicle owners to have their own parking space before enabling them to buy a car and register it to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has been filed again […]
Divorce Bill refiled in the 19th Congress
Did you know that Philippines and Vatican were the only states in the world that tackles no law about divorce? As a matter of fact, according to Social Weather Stations (SWS), the percentage of Filipino adults in the Philippines who are in favor of divorce legalization is around 53 percent. Recently, three senators filed their […]
A bill to protect Under De Saya husbands from abusive wives filed in the 19th Congress
The House Bill 1365 or “Domestic Violence Act of 2022” which seeks to protect Under De Saya husbands from their abusive wives was filed in the 19th Congress by Rep. Margarita “Migs” Nograles of the Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) party-list group. Nograles is a lawyer and the youngest daughter of the late former House […]
Sen. Loren Legarda first to file One Tablet One Student Bill in the 19th Congress
With the opening of 19th Congress, lawmakers have started to file their own several bills. Sen. Loren Legarda being the most senior senator in the congress took the privelege to file the first 10 bills in the upper chamber. One of which is the Senate Bill No. 1 Legarda filed on Monday, July 4,2022 entitled […]