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// 18th Congress
JUL
01
2019

‘One Town, One Doctor’ scholarship key to UHC success

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has refiled his “One Town, One Doctor” bill, a novel scholarship program in which government funds the schooling of one medical student from a town – on the condition that when he becomes a doctor, he will serve his town for four years.
JUL
01
2019

SBN-49: Salary Standardization Law V

An Act Adjusting The Salary Schedule Of Civilian Personnel In The Government, And For Other Purposes This bill seeks to improve the purchasing power of approximately 1.42 million civil servants in the country that was eroded by inflation by providing an increase in the salary of
JUL
01
2019

SBN-50: Motorcycles as Public Utility Vehicles

An Act Allowing The Use Of Motorcycles As Public Utility Vehicles, Amending For The Purpose Republic Act No. 4136, Otherwise Known As The “Land Transportation And Traffic Code”  This bill seeks to legalize the operations of motorcycles-for-hire and motorcycle
JUL
01
2019

SBN-48: The Solar Energy in National Government Offices

An Act Reducing The Cost Of Electricity For National Government Offices By Promoting The Development And Utilization Of Solar Energy In All Government Buildings And Offices, Providing Funds Therefor, And For Other Purposes This proposed measure seeks to mandate the Department of
JUL
01
2019

SBN-47: Multipurpose Gym in All Municipalities and Cities

An Act Providing For The Construction Of A Multipurpose Gym In All Municipalities And Cities To Serve As Evacuation Center During Times Of Calamity Or Disaster And Appropriating Funds Therefor The bill provides for the construction of multipurpose gyms in the country’s 1,489
JUL
01
2019

SBN-46: National Employment Assistance Program Act

An Act Providing For A National Employment Assistance Program And Appropriating Funds Therefor This bill aims to institutionalize DOLE’s emergency employment programs, i.e., Adjustment Measures Program (AMP) and the Tulong Panghanapbuhay para sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced
JUL
01
2019

SBN-45: Open Access in Data Transmission Act

An Act Promoting Open Access In Data Transmission, Providing Additional Powers To The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), And For Other Purposes As this age transitions to a more decentralized, distributed and redundant data transmission regime, it is necessary to
JUL
01
2019

SBN-44: Water Regulatory Commission Act

An Act Rationalizing The Economic Regulation Of Water Utilities, Creating The Water Regulatory Commission, And For Other Purposes The objective of this bill is to rationalize the economic regulation of water supply and sanitation services with the creation of the Water Regulatory
JUL
01
2019

SBN-43: Full Crop Insurance Coverage to Farmer Beneficiaries

An Act Authorizing The Grant Of A Full Crop Insurance Coverage To Qualified Beneficiaries Of The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Amending For The Purpose Section 14 Of Republic Act No. 9700, Otherwise Known As The “Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension With
JUL
01
2019

SBN-42: Teaching Supplies Allowance Act

An Act Institutionalizing The Grant Of A Teaching Supplies Allowance For Public School Teachers And Appropriating Funds Therefor A Teaching Supplies Allowance for the purchase of chalks, erasers, forms, and other classroom supplies and materials in the amount of P10,000 per