{"id":136131,"date":"2017-12-04T03:42:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T08:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=136131"},"modified":"2017-12-04T03:42:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T08:42:41","slug":"house-okays-bill-prohibiting-unattended-children-in-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/04\/house-okays-bill-prohibiting-unattended-children-in-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"House okays bill prohibiting unattended children in vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111832\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111832\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_.png\" alt=\"The measure also mandates the conduct of public awareness campaigns nationwide regarding this prohibition and the dangers of leaving children unattended inside motor vehicles.(Zscout370).Seal of the Philippine House of Representatives.png: The original uploader was Exec8 at English Wikipedia.Later version(s) were uploaded by RNAlonto, SunKing at English Wikipedia \/* derivative work: NikNaks - Own work based on: House of Representatives \/ Congress of the Philippineshttp, Public Domain)\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_.png 480w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The measure also mandates the conduct of public awareness campaigns nationwide regarding this prohibition and the dangers of leaving children unattended inside motor vehicles.<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=18391637\">(Zscout370).Seal of the Philippine House of Representatives.png: The original uploader was Exec8 at English Wikipedia.Later version(s) were uploaded by RNAlonto, SunKing at English Wikipedia \/* derivative work: NikNaks &#8211; Own work based <\/a>on:<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=18391637\"> House of Representatives \/ Congress of the Philippineshttp, Public Domain)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 A child safety bill penalizing the act of leaving children unattended in motor vehicles has hurdled final reading in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>With 205 affirmative votes, the lower chamber has unanimously approved on third reading House Bill No. 6570, which seeks to prohibit adults from leaving children under age 8 unattended in a vehicle when the engine is running, or its key is inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The bill seeks to penalize first-time offenders with a PHP5,000 fine; second-time offenders with a PHP10,000 fine; and third-time violators with a PHP50,000 fine plus confiscation of the driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>Any subsequent offense shall carry the penalty of revocation of the driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>The measure also mandates the conduct of public awareness campaigns nationwide regarding this prohibition and the dangers of leaving children unattended inside motor vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The LTO, in consultation with the member-agencies of the Council for the Welfare of Children, shall issue the implementing rules and regulations of the measure once it is enacted into law.<\/p>\n<p>Among the principal authors of the bill are Cavite Rep. Strike Revilla and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 A child safety bill penalizing the act of leaving children unattended in motor vehicles has hurdled final reading &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[28066,24446,11118,36916],"class_list":["post-136131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-child-safety-bill","tag-final-reading","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-house-okays-bill-prohibiting-unattended-children-in-vehicles","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}