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“The Senate today, Monday, December 15, approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 332, an Act declaring November 20 of every year as National Children’s Day, to allow Filipino families a day to celebrate and appreciate the rights of children,” reports the Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB).
Senator Pia Cayetano, sponsor of the bill, was quoted as saying, “In a country like the Philippines where the struggle for peace and prosperity is felt and suffered most by children, a single-minded and concerted effort to create a ‘children’s rights culture’ has to be made.”
Under the National Children’s Day Act, all levels of educational institutions are encouraged to celebrate the day by holding activities that will inculcate in the students a “children’s rights culture” for a sustainable development in the country’s youth. Private enterprises are also encouraged to observe the day.
