The House of Representatives Committee on Transportation, under its chairman Samar 1st District Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento, approved the Magna Carta for Tricycle Drivers and Operators on Wednesday, October 13. The House substitute bill consolidates House bills 2333, 2963, 3281, 4005, 4197, 4212, 465
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.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking to tap the spectrum users fees (SUF) as capital outlay to fund the agency’s digital infrastructure programs.
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco
(Lord Allan Velasco’s Office / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
According to Tarlac 2nd district Rep. Victor Yap, it is high time to discuss the proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution given the current world economic landscape.
“More than ever, constructive thoughts about this (economic Cha-Cha) should be proposed and debated,” said Yap, chairman of the House Committee on Information and Communications Technology.
“If other countries including the US have made so many amendments, why not entertain (economic Cha-Cha) at this time when world rules will and have changed dramatically?” the lawmaker asked.
The Committee on Constitutional Amendments is set to tackle on Wednesday Resolution of Both Houses 2 (RBH 2) which proposes amendments to certain economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, particularly on Articles II, XIV and XVI. Velasco authored and filed the measure back in July, 2019.