by Cecille Suerte Felipe – The Philippine Star, 14 Dec 2021
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate approved on third and final reading yesterday the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act, which will benefit around 15 million single parents, 95 percent of whom are women.
With 22 affirmative votes, zero negative and no abstention, senators passed Senate Bill 1411, which amended Republic Act 8972.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who chairs the Senate committee on women, children and family relations and gender equality, thanked her colleagues for the passage of the bill.
“It is a victory for solo parents who are striving to improve the welfare of their children,” Hontiveros said.
She said the salient features of the bill are monthly cash subsidy of P1,000 per indigent solo parent, automatic PhilHealth coverage and apprenticeship programs at the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority for qualified single parents and their children.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
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Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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