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| President Rodrigo Duterte has signed more bills into law / photo file from Sunstar |
Manila, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has recently
signed into law a total of 20 new bills, which include one creating the
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD).
Republic Act 11201, signed by the President on Feb. 14, and was
released by the Palace on Tuesday, consolidates the Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the Housing and Land Use
Regulatory Board (HLURB).
DHSUD will serve as the main national government entity to
handle housing management, human settlement and urban development.
It will also be the sole and main planning and
policy-making, regulatory, program coordination, and performance monitoring
body.
With this newly created law, the government will establish
Housing One-Stop Processing Centers to centralize the processing and issuance
of all required housing-related permits, clearances, and licenses.
The new department will have administrative supervision over
the National Housing Authority, National Home Mortgage Finance Corp.,
Home Development Mutual Fund and the Social Housing Finance Corp.
Meanwhile, Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito, principal author of
the law, thanked the president for signing the bill.
“The creation of the DHSUD is the realization of the dreams
of Filipino families to have decent and proper housing, because this agency
will ensure the speedy and effective implementation of the government’s housing
programs,” Ejercito said in a statement
“The DHSUD will better address the housing problem,
specifically the housing backlog to accommodate more informal settlers and the
poor implementation of existing housing laws,” he said
Another very important measure that Duterte signed into law is
the Republic Act 11215 that intends to make timely access to cancer treatment
more accessible and affordable to patients.
The new law aims to allow the government to adopt an
integrated and comprehensive approach to health development such as patient and
family-centered cancer control policies, programs, systems, interventions and
services at all levels of the existing health care delivery system.
“Towards this end, the state shall endeavor to prevent
cancer and improve cancer survivorship by scaling up essential programs and
increasing investments for robust prevention of cancer, better screening,
prompt and accurate diagnosis, timely and optimal treatment,” the measure read.
It is known that the president has been actively helping cancer
patients since he was still a mayor of Davao City.
The newly signed law will make cancer treatment and care
more affordable for all, especially for those who are underprivileged citizens.
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