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Senator Mark Villar filed Senate Bill No. 2134, a measure seeking to grant free Persons with Disability (PWD) Identification Cards with lifetime validity to qualified individuals with permanent disabilities nationwide. According to the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), more than 2.5 million Filipinos are currently registered as persons with disabilities. However, many PWDs continue […]
Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development Chairman Erwin Tulfo has filed a bill seeking lifetime validity for Persons with Disability (PWD) identification cards. Under Tulfo’s Senate Bill No. 1405, which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 7277 or the “Magna Carta for Persons with Disability,” the issuance of PWD IDs will be […]
The Senate approved on third and final reading remedial legislation conferring lifetime validity on birth, death, and marriage certificates. With 21 affirmative votes, no negative vote and no abstention, Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2450, or the Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death, and Marriage Act, got plenary approval paving the way for […]