The HB 9007 or the proposed Non-Combustible Nicotine Delivery Systems Act act seeks to lower the minimum age for the use of e-cigarettes to 18 years old as well as regulate the manufacture and sale of all tobacco systems.
The senate unanimously voted for the passing of Senate Bill 2209 or the Special Protections against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (Anti-OSAEC) Act during its final reading. The bill seeks to give the law teeth to catch sexual offenders and punish them accordingly.
The bill aims to eliminate the unnecessary costs, inconvenience, and duplicity associated with obtaining the most recent copy of the civil registry document.
If House Bill 9072 would be passed, it aims to improve preventive and curative medicine programs that advance Filipinos' health and well-being and prevent disease, disability, and death.
“Since na-postpone din recently ‘yung nursing board exam, we can actually tap ‘yung mga supposedly magbo-board exam and use them as health workers," Velasco urged.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a substitute bill for the third Bayanihan bill, which would provide direct emergency and social assistance to Filipinos, as well as livelihood and food security measures.
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco advised the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to make the vaccine rollout a priority for the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus and other cities with a high concentration of Covid-19 cases.
REP. LUCY: "This is a time that calls for calm and sound leadership. Let us steer away from drastic actions. Let us all work together to keep our boat afloat during this turbulent time."
The House Ways and Means Committee vowed to put more pressure on implementing agencies to enforce excise taxes more strictly in order to reduce smuggling and tax evasion.