Senator bong revilla latest news update

Senators Imee Marcos and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. clarified on Tuesday that the bills they filed, which were incorporated into Senate Bill (SB) 1979 or the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill, differ significantly from the current version of the measure.

The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality considered Marcos' SB 651 and Revilla's SB 1209 when drafting SB 1979.

"Instead, the DepEd, DSWD, DOH, and the entire community are enjoined to assist parents with 'medically accurate, culturally sensitive, nondiscriminatory' information," Marcos said.

She further highlighted the urgency of providing truthful, age-appropriate, and culturally sensitive sex education in schools amid rising rates of teenage pregnancy, HIV, and STDs, coupled with the spread of false information about sex.

Revilla, who was also listed as a principal author of SB 1979, stated that the current version includes provisions absent from his original bill.

"The version I filed