You can have as many Earth Hours as you like even without a law telling you to do it.
16. Earth Hour all the way
Law low-down: In March this year, Businessworld Online reported that Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid filed Senate Bill No. 3159, the "Monthly Earth Hour Act of 2012." In the explanatory note, Lapid said that the bill aims to "raise awareness on climate change by requiring everyone to turn-off their non-essential lights for one hour every last Saturday of the month."
Legal status: This law still hasn't seen the light. Besides, do you really still have to be told to turn off the lights you don't use? Unless you're an informal settler who's illegally tapping someone else's power line or a corrupt politician practically rolling in cash, chances are you're mindful about your electricity bill.
How about junk food for the brain? Lito Lapid in the 1982 movie Tatlong Baraha. The film also has a 2006 remake, which starred Lapid and his sons.
15. Junk food blues
Law low-down: In 2010, Senator Lito Lapid filed Senate Bill No. 2517, the "School Nutrition and Balanced Diet Act of 2010." Lapid wanted to ban junk food from schools. Inquirer.net had reported then that under the so-called law, the quality of food being served in schools would be monitored by a multi-agency body that included the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Education, and various school boards.
Legal status: We have not been able to find any updates about this particular law. In this case, you could say it isn't crunch time yet.
