Iginiit ng mga mambabatas na dapat na magbigay ng refund ang mga telecommunications companies sa mga customer nito na nakakaranas ng pasulput-sulpot o tuluy-tuloy na pagkagambala sa serbisyo ng 24 oras o higit pa sa isang buwan.

Sa House Bill 8480 na inihain nina Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, ACT-CIS party list Reps. Jocelyn Tulfo at Edvic Yap, at Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Ralph Tulfo, nais ng mga itong tiyaking magbabayad lang ang mga subscribers para sa serbisyong nakukuha nila at igiit na ang mga telecom firms ay magbigay ng mabilis, maaasahan at walang patid na koneksyon sa internet.

Naghain ng panukala si Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte at apat pang kongresista ng panukala upang mabigyan ng automatic refund ang mga kustomer na nakaranas ng paputol-putol o walang serbisyo na tumagal ng 24 na oras sa loob ng isang buwan.

Ayon kay Duterte, ang panukalang Refund for Internet and Telecommunications Service Outages and Disruption Act (House Bill 8480) ay titiyak na ang babayaran lamang ng mga kustomer ay ang serbisyo na kanilang nakuha at magtutulak sa mga telco na ayusin ang kanilang serbisyo.

Isang panukala ang inihain sa Kamara na nagsusulong na magtalaga ng dialysis wards sa mga government hospital, at magbigay ng libreng gamutan para sa mga mahihirap na pasyente na may kidney disease.

Isinulong nina Davao City Representative Paolo Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, at ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Edvic Yap sa ilalim ng House Bill 7841, na mapagtuunan ang tumataas na bilang ng mga Pilipinong nagkakasakit sa bato.

Dagdag gastos din kasi anila ang napakamahal na dialysis treatment para sa Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 (CKD 5) end-stage kidney disease.

Marami sa mga bagong gustong makapagmaneho ng sasakyan ngayon ay hindi biru-biro ang gagastusin para makakuha ng driver’s license.

Kapag bago kang aplikante, aabot sa P4,000 hanggang P7,000, at minsan ay higit pa, ang ilalabas mo sa bulsa para makakuha ng lisensya.

MANILA, Philippines — Underscoring the “substandard and inadequate” conditions in penal facilities in the country, three lawmakers have filed a bill proposing the establishment of more jails nationwide.

In House Bill 8071, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap and Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) partylist Rep. Edvic Yap said the country is lacking detention facilities so the existing ones are jampacked with inmates.

Davao City First District Representative Paolo Duterte recently filed a measure that aims to establish an additional penitentiary system in the country to provide prisoners decent and humane accommodation.

The proposed bill – which was also filed by Benguet Representative Eric Yap – seeks to address the substandard and inadequate penal facilities in the country, which resulted in over congestion and subhuman conditions of prisoners.

MANILA, Philippines — In a bid to ease the prolonged strain felt by persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the country’s limited jail facilities, House lawmakers have introduced a measure creating new penal facilities in 11 regions.

By adding to the seven existing correctional facilities in the country, the bill aims to accommodate and improve the living conditions of the country’s increasing number of PDLs, many of whom stay in overstuffed jails while undergoing or awaiting trial.

TWO lawmakers have expressed concern over the substandard and inadequate penal facilities in the country, a reason why they are pushing for a measure seeking for additional penitentiaries.

In filing House Bill 8071, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte and Benguet Rep. Eric Yap pointed out the over congestion and subhuman conditions of prisoners.

They stressed that an additional penitentiary system in the country will provide prisoners decent and humane accommodation.

MANILA, Philippines — Davao City representative Paolo Duterte filed a proposal to build more regional penal farms to decongest the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) on Friday.

The measure also covers other correctional facilities under the Bureau of Correction (BuCor).

Rep. Paolo Duterte of Davao City has sought the approval of a measure that will require government hospitals to set up wards for dialysis and provide this treatment for free to indigent patients.

Duterte noted that dialysis treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 (CKD 5) or end-stage kidney disease remains costly for most Filipinos, especially for poor patients.

Duterte, together with Benguet Rep. Eric Yap and ACT-CIS Partylist Rep. Edvic Yap, authored House Bill (HB) 7841 which seeks the establishment of dialysis wards for poor patients in public hospitals.

Alarmed by the increasing number of cases of end-stage kidney disease in the country, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte and two other lawmakers have jointly sought the swift approval of a bill that would require government hospitals to establish dialysis wards for the free treatment of indigent patients.

Duterte, along with Benguet Rep. Eric Yap and ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Edvic Yap noted that dialysis treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 (CKD 5) or end-stage kidney disease remains costly for most Filipinos.

Alarmed over the growing number of cases of end-stage kidney disease in the country and as the nation marks National Kidney Month this June, lawmakers are pushing for the passage of a measure requiring government hospitals to set up wards for dialysis and provide this treatment for free to indigent patients.

Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte, Benguet Rep. Eric Yap and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Edvic Yap, noted that dialysis treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 (CKD 5) or end-stage kidney disease remains costly for most Filipinos, especially for poor patients, which is why they are pressing Congress to approve their proposed measure as outlined under House Bill (HB) 7841.