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The House of Representatives, through the Speaker’s Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Initiative, extended $100,000 financial assistance as humanitarian aid to thousands of earthquake victims in Turkey, among the first country-responders in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan).Speaker Martin Romualdez said he was sincerely grateful to Turkey for helping Leyte, and many parts […]
Congress has earmarked a total of P10.8 billion this year to help feed undernourished children in public schools and day care centers, Makati City Representative Luis Campos Jr., House appropriations committee vice chairperson, said. In the 2023 General Appropriations Law, Campos said the sums of P5.6 billion and P5.2 billion have been set aside for […]
The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs, chaired by KABAYAN Party-list Representative Ron Salo, approved a substitute bill to 12 House Bills (HBs) instituting a Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers to protect the rights and promote the welfare of seafarers, as well as revitalize the industry. These were HBs 368, 379, 736, 1515, 1647, 1758, […]
The House Special Committee on Senior Citizen Affairs has approved the bill expanding the scope of the Centenarians Act or Republic Act 10868, and asked the House Committee on Appropriations for its support. “This bill will widen the coverage of our centenarian gift by giving every senior citizen who reaches the age of 80 an […]
With an overwhelming 240 votes, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill protecting workers and/or independent contractors in the film, television and radio entertainment industry.Speaker Martin Romualdez said House Bill (HB) No. 1270, to be known as the “Eddie Garcia Act,” would cover thousands of people working in the entertainment […]
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure that provides protection and relief to over 1.5 million Filipino freelance workers who may fall prey to abusive employers due to a lack of a grievance system in the digital economy. With an overwhelming 250 votes, the chamber passed House Bill (HB) […]
Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo wants to increase the fully paid paternity leave benefit of every working father to 30 days so that he can effectively lend support to the mother and their newborn during childbirth. As proposed by Rillo under House Bill No. 4430, the month-long paternity leave credit with full pay would also […]
Citing the need to ensure the proper implementation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a joint resolution seeking to extend the Congressional Oversight Committee on the law for another 10 years. With an overwhelming 274 votes, lawmakers approved House Joint Resolution (HJR) No. […]
The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development chaired by Isabela Representative Faustino Michael Dy III approved several measures on adolescent pregnancy prevention. Approved subject to style and amendments were House Bill 79 authored by Albay Representative Edcel Lagman; HB 2062 by Rizal Representative Juan Fidel Felipe Nograles; HB 2524 by Calamba City Representative Charisse […]
Voting 268 against one and an abstention, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill lowering the optional retirement age for government personnel from 60 years to 56 years. Speaker Martin Romualdez said the proposed law gives the more than one million workers in the bureaucracy the choice to retire early. “They […]