Stricter rules on alcohol sale and the creation of a process pressure to implement the federal government’s nationwide motion plan are among the many recommendations that senators mentioned Tuesday to deal with teenage pregnancies within the nation.
At a Senate listening to, Senator Imee Marcos requested the federal government establishments for updates on the implementation of Executive Order 141, signed by former President Rodrigo Duterte, which declared the prevention of teenage pregnancies a nationwide precedence.
Executive Director Romeo Dongeto of the Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development mentioned there was an motion plan after the issuance of the EO nevertheless it was not applied.
“There is a national action plan which was produced under the executive order. Unfortunately, wala po masyadong nangyari dito sa national action plan na ito [nothing much happened to it],” Dongeto mentioned.
“We are expecting that the Department of Education will respond to the EO by expediting the rollout of the comprehensive sexuality education. Unfortunately, until now, hindi po ito nai-implement nang buo [it has yet to be implemented wholly],” he added.
Marcos prompt forming a process pressure that may implement EO 141 as a substitute of a council, which she initially proposed in her invoice looking for to deal with teenage being pregnant.
“There is a widespread anathema against creating new councils,” Marcos mentioned.
“A task force presupposes that it would be in existence six months to two years until the problem is addressed… Perhaps a task force is more preferable, not a permanent council. [I am] just rethinking my bill,” she added.
The creation of a process pressure was backed by Senator Raffy Tulfo, however he additionally identified the necessity to deal with the prevention of teenage pregnancies.
Among the measures that may assist forestall this, he mentioned, is imposing stricter regulation on alcohol sale.
“Nabubuntis ‘yung mga teenagers kasi sa inuman. So siguro po isa-suggest ko i-legislate natin ito na magkaroon ng liquor license ang lahat ng mga tindahan na nagtitinda ng liquor,” Tulfo mentioned.
“Kapag nag-violate ka, nagbenta ka ng liquor sa minor, kakanselahin ang lisensya mo forever. Di ka na puwede magtinda ng liquor,” he added.
(Some youngsters received pregnant after ingesting events. So I recommend we legislate requiring shops promoting liquor to have licenses. If they violate by promoting liguor to minors, then we cancel the license ceaselessly.)
Tulfo additionally prompt stiffer penalties in opposition to adults who’re shopping for liquor on behalf of minors.
Apart from this, Tulfo additionally proposed stricter monitoring of minors in golf equipment, motels and motels. He mentioned motels needs to be situated away from the colleges to ensure that college students won’t be tempted to chop lessons and go to those institutions.
The Department of the Interior and Local and Government and Philippine National Police’s ladies and kids’s desk needs to be concerned in monitoring these actions, he added.
Tulfo additionally prompt DepEd, PNP and the National Bureau of Investigation to coordinate with a number of social media platforms to implement their know-your-client coverage as there are some streaming platforms that had been used to draw minors to do sexual actions.
This was additionally raised by Senator Robin Padilla on the latter a part of the listening to, saying the younger ones are in a position to watch porn on social media websites due to lack of rules. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
