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SEN. Grace Poe praised President Duterte and fellow lawmakers for early enactment of a law on “Foundling Recognition and Protection Recognition Act.” “I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to President Duterte for signing the Foundling Recognition and Protection Act into law,” Poe said Tuesday, adding she would “also…
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed into law a measure promoting the rights of deserted or abandoned children with unknown parents and recognizing their status as natural-born citizens. Under Republic Act (RA) 11767 or the Foundling Recognition and Protection Act, an abandoned child found in the Philippines or in Philippine embassies, consulates, and territories abroad is presumed a natural-born Filipino citizen, regardless of the status or circumstances of birth. "As a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a foundling is accorded with rights and protections at the moment of birth equivalent to those belonging to such class of citizens whose citizenship does not need perfection or any further act," RA 11767, inked by Duterte on May 6, read. The presumption of natural-born status of a foundling may not be impugned in any proceeding unless substantial proof of foreign parentage is shown. A deserted child shall be ackno
Commission-on-Human-Rights The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) rallied all Filipinos to take "proactive efforts" in combating children’s sexual abuse and exploitation as the country observes this second week of February the “National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and E