Use of online publication of laws and other issuances sought

A lawmaker from Samar is urging the early passage of his bill mandating the “publication of laws in the online edition of the Official Gazette as a further alternative to the current publication requirement in newspapers of general circulation.”

We have to keep abreast with the fast-paced development and innovations in information technology to further bring the needed information closer and make it more accessible to the ordinary citizens,” insists Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento (1st Dist.-Western Samar), author of House Bill No. 2309.