QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 6759)
RA 6759 is known as the “White Cane Act.”
August 1 of each year.
To promote and protect the physical, moral, and social well-being of handicapped persons (such as the blind), and to undertake studies on specific causes of the high percentage of blind people in the Philippines.
To instill public awareness of the plight of the blind, to promote recognition and acceptance of the “white cane” as a symbol of the need of the blind for specific assistance, and to remind individuals of their duty to care for and accord due respect to blind persons.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now DEPED), the Department of Health, and the Philippine Information Agency.
It shall be appropriately observed, and to that end the specified agencies must conduct continuing education and information campaigns to achieve the purposes stated in Section 3.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports, in consultation with the Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports must issue implementing rules and regulations in consultation with the Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Complete publication in a newspaper of general circulation, followed by a 15-day period.
Instilling public awareness of the plight of the blind; promoting recognition and acceptance of the “white cane” as a symbol of the need for specific assistance; and reminding individuals of their duty to care for and accord due respect to the blind.
No. The text focuses on declaration of a day, policy, public awareness, and implementation through agencies and rules; it does not specify criminal or administrative penalties.
Section 3 (White Cane Safety Day) and, in relation to public awareness, Section 4 (Observation; Education and Information).
The need of the blind for specific assistance.
The Act originated in the Senate and was finally passed by the Senate and the House on August 29, 1989 and August 17, 1989, respectively.
September 18, 1989.