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Senator JV Ejercito has filed the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act of 2017 (SB No. 1447), a road safety measure that proposes the use of a child restraint system designed to protect infants and children from the drastic effects of collision or sudden stop of vehicles. Ejercito said that while the country has […]
Senator JV Ejercito is seeking to criminalize the overloading of public utility vehicles and to impose stiffer penalties on PUV operators violating the prescribed maximum capacity of vehicles as stated in the law. Ejercito filed the Anti-Overloading Act of 2017 (Senate Bill No. 1446) in line with the celebration of the 4th UN Global […]
Senator JV Ejercito wants to impose stiffer penalties for overloading vehicles after an overloaded bus in Nueva Ecija, which fell into a 100 feet ravine, killed 31 and injured 46 people last week. Ejercito, as Vice Chair of the Public Services Committee, said the Nueva Ecija bus accident was so tragic that major steps […]
Senator JV Ejercito is supporting the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to amend the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, which provides that youth criminals aged 15 years old and below should not be imprisoned or punished even for a heinous crime. Ejercito said that the law had good intentions but was used and abused […]
Senator JV Ejercito said he will get the commitment of Smart Communications to improve and upgrade its services for the next five to ten years. The senator, as Vice Chairman of the Public Services Committee, said the extension of the telcos giant’s franchise could have been easily renewed for another 25 years had it refined […]