The Senate on Tuesday, July 24, approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1749 which seeks to provide free internet access and improve sanitation facilities in land transportation and roll-on/roll-off (roro) terminals nationwide. The bill also seeks to prohibit the collection of fees from passengers for the use of sanitary facilities.
The Senate bill was approved with 18 affirmative votes, no negative vote, and zero abstention.
“Seventy-nine percent of domestic travelers in 2016 spent around P476 per trip for land transportation. Let us repay them with transport terminals that have clean toilets free of charge, a decent breastfeeding station and free wifi or internet,” said Senator Grace S. Poe-Llamanzares, primary author and sponsor of the bill, in a statement. — Camille A. Aguinaldo

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