NAME:Janel

l
eAnneB.Rosas

Cour
se,
Year&Sect
ion:BPA1-
B

Sect
ors PROPOSEPROJECT/BI
LL/EXI
STI
NGLAW

HEALTH TheMent alCar

eProtecti
onActforHeal
thcareWorker
sAct
Thepandemi ci
stakingatol
lont hementalandemoti
onalwell
-bei
ngofphysi
cians,wi
thfemal
ephysi
ci
ans
andthoseincri
ti
calcareandi
nfecti
ousdiseaser
eport
ingthehi
ghestbur
noutratesdur
ingthepubl
i
cheal
th
emergency.

Hence,Iwanttopr oposealaw thatauthor

izespr ogramstoimprovementalandbehav
ior
alheal
thamong
heal
thcar
eproviders.Addi
ti
onal
l
y,t her
eisanat i
onalawarenesscampai
gntoshedli
ghtonwaystoaddress
mentalhealt
hamongt hehealt
hcar eworkf
or ce,whichcouldaidindevel
opingfut
urepol
icy
.Thebillwil
l
consi
stofthefoll
owing:

 Seekst oi denti
fyanddi sseminateev i
dence-i
nformedbestpr acticesf orreduci
ngandpr eventing
suici
de and bur nout among heal t
h car e professionals,t r
aining heal th care professionals
i
nappr opriatestrat
egies,
andpr omot i
ngtheirmental andbehav ioralhealthandj obsati
sfacti
on.
 ‌
Reducebur nout,admini
strat
ivebur dens,andot herst ressorst hatcont i
nuet oplagueheal thcare
professionals.
 ‌
Improv e ment alhealth and resil
i
encyand t rai
n medi calstudent s,residents,nurses,and ot her
professionals.
 ‌
Establi
shesacompr ehensivestudyonheal thcarepr ofessionals'ment alandbehav i
oralhealt
hand
burnout,includingtheimpactoft heCOVI D-
19pandemi consuchpr of essionals’
healt
h.

Whil
ehelpi
ngt hei
rpati
ent
sfightf
orthei
rli
ves,manyhealt
hcarepr
ofessi
onalsarecopingwit
hthei
rown
tr
aumaoflosingpati
entsandcoll
eaguesandfearfort
hei
rownhealt
handsaf et
y.So,ifwewantthem t
o
cont
inuegi
vi
ngcar et
ous,wemustgivethem achancet
otakecar
eandhelpthemsel
vesfirst
.
EDUCATI
ON Reduci
ngtheBurdenofLearni
ngAct
Theacademicpr
essureisi
ncreasingfort
hestudents,
andtheyar eexpect
edt owor
kf asteranddeli
vermore
i
nt hesameorlessamountoft i
me.Thi si
sincreasi
nglybecomi ngdif
fi
cultaswellasdanger ousforthe
st
udents,
andeventeacher
s.Ipreparedsomeproposit
ionst
or educetheburdenofl
ear ni
ng:

 M
‌anner sbef oreknowl edge.Thef ir
stthreey earsofschooli snott ojudget hechil
d'sknowledgeor
l
ear ni
ng, butt oest abli
shgoodmanner sandt odev el
opt hei
rchar acter
.Chi l
drenaretaughttorespect
otherpeopl e and t o be gent l
et o ani
mal s and nat ure.Theyal so learn how to be gener ous,
compassi onate, andempat heti
c. 
 ‌
Relievest udentsoft hebur denofexcessi v
ehomewor kandal lowt hem tostayoncampust opur sue
theirhobbi esandot heraf ter-
schoolacti
v i
ties.Thisal l
owsst udentstodev elopmor eoftheirv al
ues
andper sonal it
y.
 ‌
Buildsust ainable,attracti
vewor kingconditionsf orteacher s.Teachersshoul dhav etheti
met oplan
forclasses, collaboratewi t
hcol l
eagues,andassessst udentl earni
ngdur ingschoolhours.Tor educe
stress,leader sshoul dbemaki ngr oom int eacher s’schedul est oaccountf orthemul ti
tudeof
professional obligati
onst eachershav eont heirplat
es.

Thestr
essofstudentsandstaf
finthesepastyearsofeducationhast obereducedanddeal
twit
h.Itisno
l
ongeraquest
ionofwhet herweneedtoreducethesyll
abus,
 Ther educedsy
ll
abuswillmakel
ear
ningjoyf
ul,
makeli
fel
essstressf
ulandshif
tthefocuson‘r
eal-
li
fe’
deeperlearning.

SECURI
TY RevisionsonAnt i
-Terrori
sm Actof2020
On3Jul y2020, Phili
ppinePresidentRodri
goDut ert
esi gnedt he“ Anti
-Terrori
sm Actof2020”,whichrepl
aces
theHumanSecur ityActof2007.I tservesast hegov er nment '
sl egaltoolto combatt hecommuni st
i
nsur gencyandMusl i
mr ebel
li
oni nthesout hernislandofMi ndanaot hathasbeenr unni
ngf orabouthalfa
century.Thelawgr antsthepol i
ceandt hemi li
tary+sweepi ngpower stot ackl
esecuri
tythreat
s.Howev er.I
beli
ev ethatitsov er
lybr oaddef i
nit
ionoft errori
sm coul dopent hedoort odiscri
minatoryenforcement,
pri
vacyv iol
ati
on,andsuppr essionofpeacef uldissent.Fortunat el
y,thecour tst
ruckdownt hisport
ionofthe
provisi
ondef i
ningwhatconst i
tutesterr
ori
sm.

Never
thel
ess,theant
i-
ter
rorl
aw remainsunconst
it
uti
onalfrom myownst andpoi
nt.Thecourtuphelda
cl
ausethatgiv
esstat
esecurit
yforcesthepowertoarrestsuspectedter
rori
stsanddetai
nthem without
char
geforupto24daysbefor
etheymustbepresent
edbeforeajudici
alaut
hori
ty.
But,Ibel
ievethattheymustf i
rstshow aj udi
cialwarrantbef
oredetai
ninganyoneandsuspect stakeninto
custodyshouldappearbeforeajudgewi t
hin48hour s.Thejudici
alwarr
antishi
ghlycruci
alasterr
orism i
sa
gravecri
minalact,hencethisshouldnotbet akenlightl
yastheauthori
ti
escouldhighlyhavet
hechancet o
dounlawfularrest
sifther
eisnowar rantrequi
red.Inadditi
ontothat,underexi
sti
nglaw,ter
ror
ism suspects
mustbebr oughtbeforeajudgeinthreedays.

Italsorelaxesaccount abili
tyforl aw enforcementagent swhov i
olatetherightsofsuspects,parti
cular
ly
thoseindet ent i
on.Thismustal sober evised,especial
l
yi ft
heywer etodetainanindivi
dualfor24day s
beforetheyal l
owt hem toseeaj udici
alauthorit
y.Ibel
ievetheyshouldincl
udeapenaltyforlawenf or
cement
agentswhowr ongful
lydetai
nsuspect swher etheycanbepenal i
zedf orever
ydayofwr ongfuldetent
ion.We
shouldnotal lowaut hori
ti
est oabuset hei
rpowerwher etheycaneasi l
ydetainpeopl
eandr el
easethem as
theywishwi thoutfacinganyr esponsibil
ity
.
EMPLOYMENT E-Deli
ver
yProtect
ionAct
Therehasbeenar isei
nFi l
i
pinospurchasi
ngfoodandot hersuppl
i
esthr
oughdel
iv
eryappsandwebsit
es
si
ncethecoronavi
ruscri
sishitthecount
ryinear
ly2020.Butthepandemi
calsol
etl
oosescammerstaki
ng
advant
ageofFil
ipi
nos.

Theref
ore,
Iliket
opr oposeabillt
hatseekstopuni
shthosebehi
ndbogusfoodandgr
ocer
yonl
i
neor
der
sto
prot
ectdel
iveryr
ider
sagainstscammer s.Thebi
l
lwil
lconsi
stoft
hefol
l
owing:

 P
‌lat
form oper atorsmustr equi
recust omer stoprov idev al
i
dpr oofofi dent
ityandt heirresi
dent i
al
addresswhenr egisteri
ngfortheirmobilephoneappl icati
ons, websites,andsi
mi larplatf
orms.
 ‌
Anyper son who pl acesan or derint henameofanot herwi t
houtt helatter’
sconsentwi llbe
puni
shabl e.
 ‌
Anor derplacedunderaf akenameoraddr esswillalsobepuni shable.
 ‌
Aper soncannot“ unjustly
”refusetoreceiveanunpai dor derifitwaspl acedundert heirauthori
ty.
 ‌
Cancellati
onofconf i
rmedor dersisnotall
owedunl essi twasagi venopt i
onbythepl atform operator.
 ‌
The plat f
orm oper ators mustshoul dert he bi
l
li ncurred byf ake orderincidents.The pl atform
provi
der soroper atorsaretheoneswhoar einbusiness,whi lethedel iv
eryri
ders/driversarejustthe
employ ees.Hence,al llossesoft hebusi nessmustbehandl edbyt hebusinessman,t heplatform
operators.

Consumer sfoundguil
tyofbreaki
ngt helawwi l
lbefi
nedP10,000-
P50,
000dependi
ngont hedegreeofcr
ime.
Whi l
elawbreaki
ngplatfor
m operator
sandonl i
nemer chant
smaypayP100,000-P1,000,000andmayhav e
theironl
inebusi
nessesorplatf
ormsf orceful
l
yshutdownbyt hegover
nment
.Ifthi
sbecomesal aw,i
twil
lnot
onlyhelpourt housandsofdel i
veryriderswhosef uncti
onhasbecomeessentialunderthenew normal
l
ifestyl
ebutalsoboosttheint
egri
tyofonl i
nedeli
ver
y.

AGRI
CULTURE Incl
usiveGrowthfortheAgricul
turalSectorProject
Onewoul dexpectaboomi ngagr i
cult
uralsectorinacountr
yri
chwi thvastf
ert
il
elands,butthisseemstobe
notthecaseinthePhi l
ippi
nes.Thus,Ibelievethegovernmentshouldfocusontheagr i
cul
turalsect
orwhi
ch
employsat hi
rdoft helaborforce.Thef oll
owingproposal
swi l
lfocusonpr i
ori
tyareasthatcanboostthe
stabi
li
tyoft
hesect or.

 P
‌r
iori
ti
zei
nv estmentsthatcanincreaseandsustainproduct
ivi
ty.
 I
ftheproduct
ivi
tyoft
hosewor
king
ontheagr
icultur
alsect
orisdeveloped,alotofopport
uniti
eswil
lopenthatcanensuregr
owth.
 
  E
‌nsurewel l-f
unctioningi rr
igat i
onsy stemsandef ficientt ranspor tinfr
ast ructure. 
Ir
ri
gat i
onsy stems
hav ebeenaconst antpr oblem f ortheav er
ageFi li
pinof armer .I fi
nv est
ment sinadev elopedi r
ri
gation
system arepr i
orit
ized, i
twill makeahugedi f
ference.
 ‌
Investinprogr amst hatwillincr easer esil
iencet ocl i
mat er i
sksanddi sast ers,aswel laspest sand
diseases. 
Farmer susedt oj ustf ace-offwithpest sanddi seases, andper iodict y
phoons, butasy ears
passedby ,cli
mat echangehascont ri
butedt othebur dent hathi nder sgrowt hint hesect or.Hence,we
shouldfindway stohel pourf ar
mer srecoverqui ckl
yf rom nat uraldisast
er .
 ‌
Priori
ti
ze the wel fare oft he f armer s.The wel f
ar e off ar mers shoul d be kepti n mi nd when
i
mpl ement i
ngagr icult
urepr ogramsandpr oj
ects.I t'
scr ucialthatwei ncreaseanddi versi
fyt he
i
ncomeoff armers.Thei rincomei sv erysmal landmakesi thar df oraf armi ngf amilytomakeends
meet .

Bei
ngacountrywit
hr i
ceasastapl
e,wecannotaf
for
dtol
oseourf
armer
s.Ther
ewi
l
lreal
l
ybehungr
ypeopl
e
i
ftheagri
cul
tur
alsectori
sweak.
TRANSPORTATI
ON MaximizePubl
icTranspor
tat
ionPr
oject

Withtheeasingoft heNati
onalCapit
alRegiontoAler
tLev el1,abaneofthepre-
pandemicnormali sback:
heavytraff
ic.Fort he pastfew years,the cur
rentadmi ni
str
ati
on has l
aunched var
ious 
i
nfrastr
ucture
progr
amst oi mprov et
hecount r
y'
st ranspor
tnetwork.I
thelpedall
evi
atethet r
aff
iccongesti
onbutwas
nowherenearsolvingit.Hence,Ibel
ieveit'
stimetof ocusonourpublictr
ansport
ati
ons,speci
ficall
y,our
rai
lwaytr
ansport
ation.

Thispr oposalisheav il
yinfl
uencedbyt hemostdensel ypopulatedci t
yi nthewor ld,Tokyo.Nev ert
heless,
therearef ewtraff
icjamsi nToky o,anditisknownast hemostsuccessf ul"Tokyomi racl
e"inthewor l
d.How
didtheJapanesedoi t?Beforet heJapaneseeconomyent eredaper i
odofhi ghgrowt handev eryonecould
affordacar ,butJapanhadal readyestabli
shedacompl et
epubl i
ctranspor t
ati
onsy st
em.
Compar edwi t
hmaj orint
ernationalcit
ies,theut il
i
zationr ateoft heToky osubwaysy st
em i sv er
yhi gh.
Accor di
ngt ost at
ist
ics,91% oft hetotaltraf
fictravelinToky ocur rentl
ytakesrailtransport
ation,whichi s
muchhi gherthan54%i nNewYor k,37%i nParis,and35%i nLondon.Toky o'
srailtr
ansitnotonl yhasmany
l
inesandahi ghutili
zati
onrate,butalsoconv enienttr
ansfers.
 Theref
ore,i
nall
eviat
ingormanagi ngt
raf
ficcongest
ion,
howt omaximizetheroleofpublict
ransport
ati
oni s
afundamentalandv eryeff
ecti
vemeasure.I
fmostpeopledonotusepubl i
ctransport
ationtotrav
el,pr
ivate
carswilli
nevi
tabl
yl eadt orampage,whichnotonl yeasi
lycausescongestion,butalsomakespar king
dif
fi
cult
.Thefol
lowingclausesaremyproposit
ionst
oattai
nabetterpubl
ictr
ansportat
ionsystem:

 A
‌ll
ocatebiggerfundsorbudgetf ort heimprovementofpubl icrail
wayt r
ansportati
on.Iti
ncludes
buyi
ngnewmoder nt r
ainsandmai ntenanceoftr
ainsandr ail
wayf aci
li
ti
es.
 ‌
Maket hepubli
ctransportati
onmor ehumaneandcomf or
tabl
ef orthepassengers.
 ‌
Provi
deaccuratetimetables,accordingt oweekends,weekday s,andholidays.Theclassi
fi
cati
onand
ti
metableshouldbegener all
yunchanged.Theset i
met abl
esmustbepost edintheconspicuousplace
ofeachplatf
orm orcanbeeasi lyfoundonadesi gnatedwebsiteont heinter
net.
 ‌
Provi
deadequat eandpr ofessionalt r
aini
ngforrail
wayser vi
ceper sonneltohelpthem adapttot he
changesandimpr ovement stother ail
waysystem.

Publi
ctransportat
ionmustbesupportedbythegov ernmentinordertostr
engthenthel ong-
term heal
thof
theeconomy ,l
esseninequal
i
tyr
esult
ingfr
om thebur denofcarownershi
pbythewor ki
ngpoor ,
improvethe
envi
ronment,reducethedeat
handinj
urycountresul
tingfr
om cars,andmanyotherreasons.

JUSTI
CE Just
iceAgai
nstExt
ra-
judi
cialKi
ll
ings 
Act

Wehav eexpressedgraveconcernsoveranumberofext ra-j

udici
alkil
l
ingsandenf or
ceddisappearancesin
thePhili
ppi
nes,especial
l
yduringthewaragainstdrugs.I
'm deeplytroubledthattheapparenttar
getsand
vict
imsoft hesekil
li
ngsarepr edomi
nantl
yfrom poor,vulnerabl
e,andmar gi
nal
izedsectorsofPhi l
i
ppine
societ
y.Hence,I
'dl
iketoproposeabil
lagai
nstsuchani mmor alactofkil
l
ing.

 T
‌hegov ernmenti sobl i
gedt opreventt heoccurrenceofthegr avehumanr i
ghtsv iol
ati
onsuchas
extra-
judicialki
l
lingsandenf orceddisappearances.
 ‌
Anyv iolati
onsofhumanr ightsmustbei nvest
igatedimmediately
.Identi
fy,prosecute,andhol d
accountabl etheper petr
ator
s.
 ‌
Refocusal leffort
st oaddr esst hedr ugissuet hroughsubstanti
vemeasur est hatacknowledge,
respect,anduphol dalltheri
ghtsoft heFili
pinopeopleincl
udi
ngt hei
reconomic,politi
cal
,andsocio-
cult
uralrights.
  T
‌hePhil
i
ppi
negover
nmentshoul
dal
socompensat
evi
cti
ms'
fami
l
iesandgi
veanof
fi
cialapol
ogyf
or
thel
ossofmanyi
nnocentl
i
ves.

Wecallont
hegover
nmenttogivebet
termeaningt
ocommitment
stoupholdhumanr
ightsbyassert
ingthe
val
ueofhumanl
if
eanddigni
ty,
andstopregar
dingi
tasmer
ecoll
ater
aldamagesi
npur
suitofpubl
icpeace.