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As session resumed yesterday, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill increasing the cash gift for Filipino centenarians who reach 101 years old from P100,000 to P1 million.
Runaway parents – particularly irresponsible fathers – who intentionally and repeatedly refuse to provide financial support to their children, either out of wedlock or not, can now be penalized and jailed once this bill becomes law.
A committee of the House of Representatives approved yesterday a consolidated measure that included a bill expanding the government’s lending programs to help micro, small and medium enterprises recover from the adverse effects of the two-year pandemic.
A lawmaker is once again pushing for the revival of death penalty even if the country is barred by an international agreement from reintroducing capital punishment.