MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives approved on second reading the bill requiring government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to translate disaster and emergency-related information and advisories to Filipino and appropriate regional language or dialect to make them more understandable.
During Tuesday’s session, the lower chamber approved through voice voting House Bill No. 8943 or the “Language Accessibility of Public Information on Disasters Act.”
Under the measure, all government agencies and LGUs are mandated to convert in an easily understandable form and translate to Filipino and any other appropriate regional language or dialect all their…
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