MANILA-Senator Jinggoy Estrada wants purveyors of fake news fined and jailed in order to discourage them from spreading false and misleading news online and on social media. In pushing Senate Bill1296, or an Act Criminalizing the Creation and Dissemination of Fake News as protection from online falsehoods and manipulation, it also seeks to amend Section 3 of the RA 10175 or Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 to include "fake news" in the definition of terms and its inclusion in Section 4 on the list of cybercrime offenses. "Click baits, propaganda, and manipulation of legitimate news segments to deliberately online falsehoods, false news or disinformation are so common nowadays. making it difficult to distinguish which is actual news from fake ones, masyado ng talamak ito (this is too much)" Estrada said. He explained that legislative measures aim to stop the proliferation of disinformation and misinformation on the internet by criminalizing fake news under RA 10175.
MANILA-Senator Robin Padilla said on Thursday he wants to end discrimination against Muslims and other indigenous peoples (IPs) as he also pushes to establish a National Hijab Day. Padilla's Senate Bill 1272, which seeks to celebrate Feb. 1 as National Hijab Day, was also supported by Senator Francis Tolentino during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs. Tolentino lauded the initiative to recognize and celebrate with the Muslim community. Padilla said every February 1, Muslim scholars and leaders will discuss in key cities and other venues their religion and the wearing of Hijab, which he pointed out that even Saints and nuns also wear Hijab. "Some people may act that way because of what they watch on TV or in the movies - or even in news shows that may be biased. That is why the National Hijab Day is important - so that non-Muslims will understand why Muslim women wear hijab," he said in Filipino. A hijab, a veil used by Muslim w
MANILA-The government must convene its agencies to improve the social protection of Filipino workers and strengthen their safety nets including the retirees. This was the observation of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano at Monday's organizational meeting of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resource Development, adding that the state financial aid program can serve as protection of workers. Cayetano said this was done during the administration of former President Joseph Estrada when officials from the Social Security System, Government Service Insurance System, Department of Finance, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Labor and Employment, and other government agencies and non-governmental organizations implementing social protection programs came together to coordinate their policies. "I think the (government's) social protection cluster can come up with some programs that will actually hit two or three birds with one stone," he s
MANILA-Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla on Tuesday stressed the need for a change of the 35-year-old Constitution to adjust to the needs of the times as he also clarified that he is not blaming any previous administrations for the country's situation. Speaking at the resumption of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes which he chairs, Padilla said the Philippine Constitution changed several times from the Malolos Convention, 1935 Constitution, 1973 Constitution, and the 1987 Constitution, adding all of this happened to adapt to the changes of times. "Nasa 2022 na tayo. Kailangan lamang siguro sa panahon ngayon ay mag-adjust tayo kung ano ang nangyayari, una sa paligid natin at kung ano ang nangyayari sa mundo. Dapat nandoon na po tayo. Hindi po tayo dapat sarado (We are in 2022. We have to adjust to the times and our surroundings. We cannot afford to remain close-minded)," he said. He added that even the United States of Americ
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