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SunStar + February 02, 2021 THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) has clarified that it is enforcing the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Rodrigo Duterte two years ago, by operation of law. The DOTr stated that February 2 is the effectivity date of Republic Act 112299, otherwise known as "The Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act." It added that the law has approved Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) released in December ...

Supreme Court (SC) (MANILA BULLETIN) The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) strongly condemned the Anti-Terror Law as it is “obviously used by the state to silence critics and to further narrow the people’s democratic spaces.” The first day of oral arguments transpired at the Supreme Court on Tuesday wherein seven lawyers including Atty. Neri Colmenares, Atty. Chel Diokno, Representative Edcel Lagman, Atty. Evelyn Ursua, Atty. Alfredo Molo, former Solicitor General Jose ...

Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The amendment proposes to provide solid and clearer protection for persons over 18 years of age but who are suffering from disability, illness, condition or incapacity.         Lapid explained that the amendment must be made to ensure that the lofty goals and purposes of the said law are still being achieved notwithstanding the passage of time.       One such provision that needs updating in order to effect a clearer and less ...

Published February 2, 2021, 12:07 PM With all the commotion and questions thrown back to the Department of Transportation and Land Transportation Office yesterday due to the implementation of the Child Restraint Seats (CRS) in Vehicles under The Child Safety in Motor Vehicle Act or RA 11229, the department released a statement earlier today via their Facebook account. This law has been legislated, approved, and passed through Congress and signed by President Duterte last February 22, 2019. The...

SunStar Photo by Pixabay February 02, 2021 THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) are in favor of postponing the enforcement of the child restraint seats in vehicles “in consideration of the current pandemic, and until a comprehensive information, education, and communication campaign is executed.” The DOTr published this statement on its Facebook page on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, following questions and concerns over the enforcement of th...

SunStar File photo February 02, 2021 THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, that it is postponing the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 11229 or the Child Safety on Motor Vehicles Act until it has finalized the enforcement protocol amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The DOTr said this is in consideration of the Covid-19 pandemic, and “until a comprehensive information, education and communication (IEC) campaign is executed.” The...

SunStar Editorial Cartoon by Enrico Santisas + IT MADE everyone sit up and talk. When Land Transportation Office National Capital Region (LTO-NRC) Director Clarence Guinto said, “Siguro po laki-lakihan mo ‘yung sasakyan mo (maybe you should just get a bigger car),” as reply to host Amy Perez’s question on how families with taller and bigger kids can comply with the Child Car Seat Law, reactions were as hot as a cup of coffee on an otherwise lethargic Monday morning. Perez, in her d...

Published February 1, 2021, 4:43 PM The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) is joining the digital bandwagon as it shifting focus on attracting financial technology (fintech) firms engaged in blockchain, distributed ledgers and other fintech solutions firms from emerging digital econoImies to locate operations in the freeport. In a statement, AFAB Administrator Emmanuel D. Pineda said the freeport will be pushing for the Board approved recommendation in January 2019 for AFAB to open...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → January → 30 → SPECIAL REPORT | All eyes on Supreme Court justices as they hear petitioners vs Anti-Terror Law SPECIAL REPORT | All eyes on Supreme Court justices as they hear petitioners vs Anti-Terror Law Illustration by DEE AYROSO On February 2, the 15 justices of the Supreme Court will hear the oral arguments on the much-contested Anti-Terror Law. The law is a priority of President Rodrigo Duterte, the reason why it was earmarked as ...

Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking to institutionalize the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority in issuing an emergency use authorization during public health emergencies.