SIM registration bill awaits president’s ratification

SIM Registration

MANILA, Philippines — A bill steps away from becoming a law awaits President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature requiring the registration of all SIM cards in the country.The Senate Bill No. 2395 and House Bill No. 5793, or the proposed SIM Card Registration Act, was signed by the Senate and House of Representatives during a bicameral conference … Read more

Philippines passes legislation to combat anonymous social media abuse

Social Media Abuse

MANILA, Philippines, Feb 3 – Philippine lawmakers have filed legislation to mandatory registration of legal identities and phone numbers by social media users when opening new accounts, according to a senator on Thursday, in an endeavor to combat online harassment and misleading information. For a country known for online trolling, disinformation, and the use of … Read more

Bill That Would Move the School Calendar to August, OK-ed by the Senate

Bill that would move the school calendar to August, approved

Through all of the fuss and the temporary decisions made by lawmakers and some school heads, the Senate finally approved a bill that would allow the President to move the school calendar to August of this year. Senate Bill (S.B.) 1541 or also known as the Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred … Read more

A Bill that will Provide Salaries for Housewives Filed in Congress

Salaries for Housewives

Can you imagine how it would be when housewives have salaries? Yes, mothers who are tasked to take care of the family would have their own wages? Well, no one ever though about that until just recently when Albay Representative Joey Sarte Salceda passed and filed House Bill 8875 or the Housewives Compensation Act in … Read more