PERSONS with disabilities (PWDs) will soon enjoy benefits similar to those given to senior citizens if Congress passes a measure that will expand the privileges of PWDs under Republic Act 7277 or the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons.
Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate ways and means committee, sponsored Senate Bill 2890, a consolidated version of House Bill 1039 principally authored by Rep. Ferdinand Romualdez and similar bills authored by Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto and Senator Bam Aquino, in the plenary.
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