LAS PIÑAS City Rep. Camille Villar is pushing for a measure granting tax deductions to parents and legal guardians of children and youth with special needs. In her House BIll 9895, Villar said the State shall defend the right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of…
House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar has introduced a measure seeking to establish childcare facilities to boost work-life balance for public school teachers. By Billy Begas House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar has introduced a measure seeking to establish childcare facilities to boost work-life balance for public school teachers.…
Garbage collectors work double time as they clear Cebu City’s streets of trash left by residents. A House lawmaker filed a bill to provide more health benefits and training to so-called waste workers. (File photo by JUNJIE MENDOZA / Cebu Daily News) MANILA, Philippines — Deputy Speaker Camille Villar has filed a bill to…
Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City Rep. Camille Villar has vowed to push for the approval of proposed legislations at the House of Representatives that would ensure the well-being of expecting mothers and their new-born babies during the recently concluded 2023 National Buntis Assembly. “You can rest assured that I personally will work conscientiously to advance laws…
Inihain ni House Deputy Speaker at Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar ang panukala upang malagyan ng mga dental unit ang bawat rural health units (RHU) sa bansa. Sa House Bill 9343, iginiit ni Villar ang kahalagahan na mapangalagaan ang oral health ng mga Pilipino at magagawa ito kung mapalalakas ang programa ng Department of Health…
Deputy Speaker and Las Pinas Rep. Camille Villar urged the government to intensify its early detection programs and promote easier access to preventive screening against breast cancer to save lives. Villar has filed House Resolution 1023 to increase breast cancer awareness amid the prevalence of the most common cancer among women in the country. “With…
MANILA – Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar on Tuesday reiterated her call for the government to intensify its early detection programs, and promote easier access to preventive screening against breast cancer to save the lives of Filipino women. “With the alarming growth of breast cancer cases in the Philippines, there is a need…
“In House Resolution 1025, Las Piñas City Rep. Camille Villar is asking the chamber to investigate “with the end in view of strengthening and ensuring easier access to health care services and programs to address maternal problems.” (c) Pixabay MANILA, Philippines — With the increase in the number of mothers dying from pregnancy and…
A lifeline for poor cancer patients and their families. That’s how Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar described her measure, House Bill (HB) No.5686, which she filed in the current 19th Congress. If enacted, the bill would institutionalize a P10-billion fund to support needy Filipino families in their battle against…
Deputy Speaker Rep. Camille Villar has sought a congressional inquiry into the “three-fold surge” in cases of children being sexually exploited online as their time spent browsing the web went up during the pandemic. In House Resolution No. 453 filed last month, Villar stressed the need to protect children “from different types of online abuses”…