MANILA - The Philippines needs simpler laws for potential parents who want to adopt orphans and neglected children, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said on Tuesday
Pimentel said he is drafting a bill that prescribes new ways of alternative child care and will consolidate all laws on domestic adoption and inter-country adoption, foster care and guardianship of children.
He said the bill, entitled “The Alternative Child Care Code of 2009,” seeks the establishment of the National Child Welfare Authority (NCWA) that will be responsible for implementing all laws relevant to alternative child care in the country.
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