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Published June 27, 2021, 5:03 PM
Sending unwanted calls, text messages and e-mail will be penalized under a bill strongly endorsed by the House Committee on Information and Communications Technology for passage when Congress sessions resume next month.
House Bill No. 9608 or the “No Call, No Text and No E-Mail Registration System and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof” has been reported out by the House panel chaired by Tarlac Rep. Victor Yap.
The bill consolidated five legislative proposals filed by Reps. Precious Hipolito Castelo (2nd District, QC); Francis Gerald Abaya (1st District, Cavite); Roman Romulo (Lone District, Pasig City) and Yap.
Castelo, who filed two bills on the topic, underscored the need to immediately regulate the sending of spam messages, communications for marketing and propaganda gimmicks and other notes that have become obtrusive to one’s privacy.
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With 217 affirmative and 0 negative votes, the Lower House passed House Bill 7950 or the People Empowerment Act on third and final reading. The 6-man Makabayan bloc abstained.
Sponsored on the floor by Rep. Florida Robes (NUP, San Jose del Monte City), HB 7960 also seeks to create a working environment where people can participate in police and decision-making processes in the country.
Robes, chairperson of the House Committee on People’s Participation, said the measure provides a mechanism by which citizens’ views and opinions in different areas of goverrnance may be heard and considered.
Aside Robes, the bill is co-authored by Reps. Gabriel Bordado (LP, Camarines Sur); Francis Gerald Abaya (NUP, Cavite); Rosanna Vergara (PDP-Laban, Nueva Ecija); and Macnell Lusotan (Ang Marino) and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.