HB 5200

House·20th Congress·Filed Oct 6, 2025

An Act Declaring August Fourteen of Every Year as the “national Memorial Day for Comfort Women”, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes

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The bill would make August 14 a yearly National Memorial Day to honor Filipino comfort‑women survivors, and it orders government agencies, schools, broadcasters and print media to run awareness activities funded from the gender‑and‑development budget.

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Author · Representative

Sarah Jane I. ElagoReceipts →

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HB05200 · Sources: BatasWatch

An Act Declaring August Fourteen of Every Year as the “national Memorial Day for Comfort Women”, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes

In plain language

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Official sources

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