LOOKING after the elderly is one of the traits Filipinos are best known for, and Sen. Panfilo Lacson wants to make sure that such practice is not forgotten by making abandonment of parents a criminal act.

Lacson, in filing Senate Bill (SB) 257 or the “Parents Welfare Act of 2016,” said while Filipinos are known to have a moral and natural obligation to care for their parents, cases of elderly, sick and incapacitated parents being abandoned by their own children have been increasing.