Baguio passes anti-discrimination ordinance

BAGUIO CITY: The city council here passed an ordinance which prohibits discrimination and enforces equal protection of the law regardless of religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability and age.

Vice Mayor Edison Bilog, council presiding officer and principal author, said the approved measure is consistent with the principles of the 1987 Constitution, the international human rights and humanitarian standards, international treaties and existing Philippine laws.