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BUILD NURSING HOMES FOR ABANDONED SENIORS – LAPID

Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking to institutionalize the establishment of nursing homes for neglected and abandoned elderly in every city and municipality. In filing Senate Bill No. 1201, to be known as the Homes for Abandoned Seniors Act, Lapid recognized the immense contributions of our senior citizens to the growth and progress […]

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CONDONE DAR BENEFICIARIES’ UNPAID LOANS – LAPID

Senator Lito Lapid has filed a measure urging the Senate to condone the present outstanding loans of agrarian reform beneficiaries, saying it will ensure the recovery of farmers and aid in overcoming the fallout of COVID-19 crisis, slow economic growth and escalating wars. Lapid said that the proposed measure will write off the beneficiaries’ current […]

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GIVE STUDENTS LOANS FOR LIVING EXPENSES — LAPID

Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. 274 which seeks to establish the College Living Expenses Financing (CLEF) program to support higher studies of Filipino students of good academic standing. The bill, once it becomes a law, will mandate the national government to set up a loan guarantee fund for student loans to be […]

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LAPID BATS FOR DISASTER ANNOUNCEMENTS IN FILIPINO

Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking to mandate all government agencies and local government units to convert in an easily understandable form and translate to Filipino and any other appropriate regional language or dialect all their announcements, advisories, press releases, issuances, and any other information relevant to a local or national disaster or […]

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FREE LICENSURE EXAMS FOR POOR PINOYS PUSHED

Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. 32 seeking to exempt qualified indigent Filipinos from paying professional licensure examination fees. In filing his measure, Lapid said that with the passage of Republic Act 10687 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, the youth now have the chance to acquire a better future […]

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LAPID FILES BILL PROTECTING DELIVERY RIDERS

Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill that seeks to protect delivery riders and drivers against unjustified cancellation of orders or “no show” customers. These fraudulent acts result in a waste of time, effort, and money on the part of the delivery riders or drivers. What aggravates the situation is that some of these canceling […]

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LAPID LAUDS PH WOMEN’S NAT’L FOOTBALL TEAM WIN

Senator Lito Lapid filed a resolution encouraging the Senate to express its congratulations and commendation to the Philippine National Women’s Football team, Filipinas, for bagging the country’s first-ever Championship crown in the ASEAN Football Federation’s history held recently at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.In his resolution, Lapid said that “the Philippine Women’s National Football […]

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LAPID REFILES MEDICAL TRANSPARENCY BILL

Senator Lito Lapid has re-filed his bill seeking to enhance the patients’ right to medical expense transparency, allowing them to make fully informed decisions about the quality of healthcare that they want and need by giving them access to information such as the price and quality of service in advance. Lapid maintained that the Medical […]

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LAPID HAILS LIFE, LEGACY OF SHINZO ABE

Senator Lito Lapid introduced a resolution expressing profound sympathy and sincere condolences on the passing of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, who was assassinated at a political rally in Japan recently. In a Senate resolution, Lapid honored the life and legacy of Abe, the longest-serving prime minister in Japan’s history after serving […]

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ADOPT DIGITAL PAYMENT IN GOVERNMENT – LAPID

Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill which mandates government offices to adopt digital transaction systems to allow them to pay and receive digital currency. The measure states that all government agencies, including but not limited to national government agencies (NGAs), foreign-based government agencies, all government corporations, local government units (LGUs), State Universities and Colleges […]