I join the whole country in extending my sympathies to the Aquino and Cojuangco families on the passing of a humble and noble woman, former President… - Francis Escudero

This bill, if passed into law, will serve as a deterrent to those who will take advantage of the poverty situation in order to profit from selling our women and children. This is one of the most repulsive crimes in society today, and we must not allow our women and children to fall prey to these vultures.

• Special Provisions on unfilled positions, which provide that the unexpended amount for unfilled positions will revert to the unappropriated surplus for those agencies with fiscal autonomy, were deleted.

There should be a top-to-bottom revamp of the Bureau of Corrections. Replacing the head is not enough. That has been done several times before a didn't work.