MANILA, Philippines ---A bill seeking to impose imprisonment and other "harsh" provisions as punishment for negligent parents has been filed at the House of Representatives. In a statement on Tuesday, Senior Deputy Minority Leader Paul Ruiz Daza said his bill, House Bill No. 44, aims to strengthen mandates on child welfare and protection. "In my version of the bill, I had harsh provisions in there, like imprisonment. Make the law so that it really has teeth so that noncustodial parents will be so afraid they will give, they will pay [for child support]," he said in a mix of Filipino and English. He noted that there are already child support provisions in the Family Code but ...
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