AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A THREE THOUSAND PESO (PHP 3,000.00) INCREASE IN THE MONTHLY PENSION OF WAR VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (8/2/2016)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-246
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AN ACT PROMOTING INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE USE OF THE COUNTRY’S WATER RESOURCES THROUGH THE RATIONALIZATION OF SERVICE AREAS, PROVISION OF INCENTIVES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OR CLEAN AND EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES, AND REORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BOARD, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN LAWS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (8/2/2016)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-245
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AN ACT INSTITUTING THE MAGNA CARTA OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (8/2/2016)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-244
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AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SOLO PARENTS’ WELFARE ACT OF 2010, PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS ON BASIC COMMODITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (8/2/2016)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-243
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Senator Loren Legarda today said that greater effort is still needed to address human trafficking even as she hailed the Philippines’ upgrade in the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report of 2016.
In the 2016 TIP Report, the Philippines upgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 1, which means that the government has acknowledged the existence of human trafficking, made efforts to address the problem, and complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of international human trafficking.