“I filed Senate Bill 3276, or the World Interfaith Harmony Week Act, because I believe it will help ease any conflict or tension caused by differing religious beliefs in the country,”
AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND MANDATING ITS OBSERVANCE BY THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (9/10/2012)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=15&q=SBN-3276
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SBN-3276 (as filed)
“We hosted the APEC Leaders’ meeting in 1996. It was a time when many did not understand what trade and investment liberalization and facilitation meant. Sixteen years, hence, can we say our people now understand how APEC was able to improve their lives?”
“The National Health Insurance Act mandates that an affordable and accessible healthcare coverage should be made available to all citizens. It is encouraging that the government will be devoting P12.6-billion financial risk protection from the cost of diseases for the poor through health insurance. It is the task of Congress to institutionalize this program through the immediate passage of the Mandatory Universal Healthcare Coverage bill”
“This is a historic moment for millions of domestic workers in the Philippines and all over the world who have been waiting to get the recognition and the protection that they deserve,”