PROTECTION UNDER LAW FOR PWDs PUSHED

SEN. Leila M. de Lima has urged the government to exhaust all efforts in providing equal protection under the law for persons with disabilities (PWDs) to ensure a more dignified life for them that is free from abuse and discrimination. De Lima, who chairs the Senate Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development Committee, reintroduced Senate Bill 188 to transform the National Council on Disability Affairs into a full-blown commission. “We envision the Commission to be the lead policy-making, planning, monitoring and coordinating body that will develop, formulate and implement programs for the prevention and rehabilitation of disabilities,” she said.