SENATE President Aquilino Pimentel  on Sunday  raised the need for congress to revisit the decades old sexual harassment laws to update the penalties that would reflect present day realities.

Pimentel said the time was ripe to review Republic Act (RA) 9262, the Violence Against Women and Children Law passed in 2004 and RA 7877, the Anti- Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 and come up with penalties that are deterrent.

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