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Inihain ni Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Emmi de Jesus ang panukalang batas para i-exempt ang produktong petrolyo at prime commodities sa Expanded Value Added Tax o E-VAT.

Ayon kay de Jesus, isa ito sa mga nagpapahirap sa bulsa ng pamilyang Pilipino.Karamihan anya sa mga unang nakakaramdam ng epekto nito ay ang mga ina ng tahanan na labis na nahihirapan sa pagbudget sa maliit na kita ng kanyang asawa.  read more »

CITING rising prices of basic goods, Gabriela Women’s Party has filed a bill seeking to exempt from value-added tax (VAT) oil and petroleum products and various goods used by the poor.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—A women’s party-list group yesterday urged Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao to support pending bills on genuine agrarian reform, national industrialization, and the P125 wage increase for workers as alternatives to the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill which the Sarangani representative is opposing.  read more »

THE Reproductive Health bill is not just about population control but it promotes health care for women, Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus said.

In pushing for the House Bill 4244, De Jesus said the voices of underprivileged women and children should be heard on adequate health care services  read more »

Pacquiao earlier said that the RH bill is not the solution in alleviating poverty in the country.

“Hindi (RH bill) ang solusyon para sa kahirapan. Ang solusyon sa kahirapan ay sugpuin ang corruption dahil yan ang talagang pumipinsala at nagpapahirap sa mga tao (The RH bill is not the solution to alleviate poverty. The solution is to stop corruption in the country as this makes Filipinos’ lives miserable),” he said.  read more »

Twenty neophyte lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Wednesday expressed support for the controversial Reproductive Health bill, contrary to the position of their fellow first-timer, international acclaimed boxer and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao.

Act Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said they are confident the number of lawmakers that would support the bill would eventually grow.

"Sa tingin namin ang mga karamihan sa Congress ay pro-RH bill. Pero sa tingin namin nape-pressure sila na ayaw umiwas sa mga pari kaya ayaw muna nila lumantad," he said.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines -- By an unofficial count of some neophyte members of the House of Representatives, 120 lawmakers now support the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill.

In a news conference Wednesday, ACT Teachers partylist Representative Antonio Tinio said the 120 lawmakers, which include the 97 who were co-authors of the bill, are expected to increase as more get exposed to the issues behind the controversial measure during debates in plenary.  read more »

Sa gitna ng mainit na debate sa Kongreso hinggil sa Reproductive Health (RH) Bill, inilinaw ng grupong Gabriela at mambabatas ng Gabriela Women’s Party-list na higit pa sa usapin ng artipisyal na mga kontraseptibo ang karapatan sa reproductive health ng kababaihan, lalo na ng mahihirap.

“Asserting women’s full access to reproductive health services and programs should not be reduced to just the issue of contraceptives. We need to focus on our universal respect for the human life,” ayon kay Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus.  read more »