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NEW LAW TO GIVE SOLO PARENTS EXPANDED BENEFITS

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is optimistic that more Filipinos who are now considered solo parents will soon start reaping the benefits of a new law that grants them food price discounts, tax exemptions, free legal aid, and medical care, tuition subsidies, parental leaves, and other privileges. Under Republic Act (RA) 11861 or the Expanded […]

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NEW LAW TO GIVE SOLO PARENTS ADDED BENEFITS

Camarines Sur Rep LRay Villafuerte is looking forward to the immediate and full application of a new law granting additional benefits to solo parents, including a monthly pension of P1,000 to low-income ones, following a fresh commitment from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release before the yearend its implementing rules and […]

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EXPANDED BENEFIT PACKAGE FOR SOLO PARENTS URGED

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) along with 17 other government agencies to come up with a comprehensive package of social protection services for over 15 million solo parents, in keeping with a barely month-old law that gave additional financial benefits and more aid to these Filipinos […]

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LAW EXPANDS BENEFITS OF HEALTH WORKERS – GORDON

Senator Dick Gordon dedicated the passage of a law that continues to mandate the continued awarding of additional benefits to health workers that have been fighting valiantly against COVID-19. Gordon, the primary author, and co-sponsor of Senate Bill (SB) 2371, which was signed into Republic Act (RA) 11712, said that he welcomed the long-awaited passage […]