Senator Lito Lapid wants government advisories, public announcements, and other forms of information to be disseminated in what he described as “plain language".
Senator Lito Lapid (Senate PRIB)
Thus, the Senator filed Senate Bill (SB) 273 or the “Plain Language in Government Documents Act". L
Senator Lito Lapid wants to exempt qualified indigent Filipinos from the payment of professional licensure examination fees.
In filing Senate Bill (SB) No. 32, Lapid aims to further help the Filipino youth following the passage of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act during the p
(PNA file photo) MANILA-Senator Lito Lapid is pushing to exempt qualified indigent Filipinos from paying professional licensure examination fees. After filing Senate Bill No. (SBN) 32, Lapid said on Wednesday that the existing Republic Act 10687 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, which gives the youth an opportunity to acquire a better future by obtaining a college degree for free, is not enough adding that graduates need to pay fees to take professional licensure examinations. "The fees range from PHP500 for civil service eligibility examinations with the Civil Service Commission to PHP600 for non-baccalaureate degree examinations with the Professional Regulatory Commission to PHP10,000 for the bar examinations," Lapid said in a statement. He said it came to his attention that in many instances, graduates opt to delay taking the examinations to be able to save up, which in turn diminishes the momentum they gained from the academe, making it more diffi
(PNA file photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA - Service providers have the duty to pursue claims for collection from canceling customers and the burden should not be passed on to their delivery riders or drivers. In a statement on Saturday, Senator Lito Lapid said he filed Senate Bill 38, or An Act Providing Measures to Protect Individuals Engaged in Food, Grocery, and Pharmacy Delivery Services, for the benefit of delivery riders and drivers who have to pay for unjustified cancellation of orders or "no-show" customers. In case of cancellation of confirmed orders, the service provider should be the one to pay the delivery rider or driver for the service fee. The fraudulent acts, Lapid said, result in a waste of time, effort, and money on the part of the delivery riders or drivers. "Batid ko ang hirap ng mga delivery rider kaya sa pamamagitan ng panukalang batas na ito, isinusulong ko ang proteksyon para sa kanila para hindi sila malugi o maagrabyado sa kanilang trabaho
File photo MANILA - Only six Senate Committees are still left without elected chairpersons and vice-chairpersons in the second week from the opening of the 19th Congress. These are apart from the additional committees that are planned to be created by the Upper Chamber. Among the six vacant committees are those on Science and Technology; Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development; Justice and Human Rights; Ethics and Privileges; Cultural Communities; and Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture. In a recent Facebook post, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said once the committee assignments are complete, they will start to work on their priority measures. "Konti na lang at matatapos na po natin ang (Just a little bit more time and we will finish the) election ng (of) committee chairpersons at nakapagsimula na rin tayong mag-elect ng ating mga (and we have already started electing our) committee members. In the works na rin ang paggawa ng mga (already in the works i