Why I want House Bill 5231 & 5335 to be approved and strictly implemented.

February 26, 2015. I thought my issue was resolved with Sam Mendoza. Apparently it wasn't. I received 3 more Flash SMS from this scammer. Thank Heavens, this time they weren't immediately one after another.

I couldn't block him/her yet this time because she was purely sending Flash SMS instead of normal SMS messages so I have been patiently clicking on 'Dismiss' and ignoring him/her. Finally he/she decided to send me an SMS messages.

So happy to block his/her number again, this time 0923-3161121.

This actually is an eye opener and shows room for improvement in PH Telecom Industry. I am praying we would have a law in place someday against mobile harassment. I am also hoping that House Bill 5231 "Subscriber Identity Module Card Registration Act"will be approved and strictly implemented so that telco companies and/or NTC can monitor these scammers & spammers and penalize them against this and/or hopefully maybe banning them from ever owning another mobile phone/number. Similar laws are being done in many parts of the world like India and Singapore and now under discussion in China.

Yesterday February 25, 2016, a similar bill was filed. Rep. Roy M Loyola (5th District, Cavite) filed House Bill 5335, which requires the registration of all prepaid SIM cards and directs telecom companies to keep a registry of these subscribers.

Reference:
Philippine Star: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/12/14/1402455/house-start-debates-bill-requiring-sim-card-registration
House of Representatives: http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=8539