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 […]
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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 […]
Ireland is hiring 100 Social Workers
Ireland’s capital is Dublin, a populous and affluent city whose metropolitan area is home to more than one-fourth of the country’s total population. The city’s old dockside neighbourhoods have given way to new residential and commercial development. Cork, Ireland’s second largest city, is a handsome cathedral city and port in the southwest. Other principal centres […]
AMENDED: Additional Benefits for Solo Parents conforming the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) formerly National Statistics Office (NSO), there are around 14 million single parents in the Philippines. As a result, on November 7, 2000, the Philippine government passed Republic Act 8972, also called as the Solo Parents' Welfare Act of 2000. A comprehensive package of services offered to single parents […]
Senate passed a bill on permanent validity of birth, death and marriage certificates
Back when Filipinos need to acquire their latest copy of civil registry documents from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and its predecessor, National Statistics Office (NSO) for certain transactions, senators has finally passed on Monday the Senate Bill 2450 or the Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death and Marriage Act on the […]
Mandatory benefits and allowances for health workers signed into law
While COVID-19 pandemic continue to cripple the economy of the Philippines with health care workers as front liners being the most vulnerable and susceptible of virus contamination, President Rodrigo Duterte ratified Republic Act No. 11712 also known as the “Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers Act". A copy of release was […]
Abolishing Comprehensive Driver’s Education for license renewal gets support by the DOJ
The House Resolution No. 2325 was introduced by Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro, he confirmed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) through Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar, acceded the resolution which is “to immediately remove the additional requirement of acquiring a certification of completion of the Comprehensive Driver’s Education (CDE) for people renewing […]