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The 900,000 public school teachers employed by the Department of Education (DepEd) are all set to receive their P1,000 World Teachers’ Day Incentive Benefit (WTDIB) on Oct. 5, Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, House appropriations committee member, said. “In the 2023 General Appropriations Law, Congress earmarked the amount of P900 million to pay for the WTDIB […]
After extensive deliberations and negotiations, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the P5.768-trillion national budget for next year, just before Congress adjourns for a month-long break.Speaker Martin Romualdez lauded the timely passage of the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), stating that it not only demonstrated the commitment of the House to […]
Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes said the House committee on ways and means has approved the increase to 15 percent the discount on electricity and water utilities monthly billings, but the discount is limited to households that do not consume more than 100 kilowatts per hour of electricity and 30 cubic meters of metered […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez said the enactment into law of the “Trabaho Para sa Bayan Act” demonstrates the unwavering dedication of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to the welfare and prosperity of our citizens. Romualdez was among the government officials who witnessed Marcos, as he signed into law in Malacanang Republic Act No. 11962 […]
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill that would institutionalize a mechanism to refund customers in case of outages and disruptions with their internet or telecommunications services.Gaining 278 affirmative votes during plenary session was House Bill (HB) No. 9021, dubbed the “Refund for Internet and Telecommunications Services Outages […]
The House of Representatives concluded the period of interpellation on the 2024 budget of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), amounting to P7.25 billion.Sponsoring the DICT’s proposal, Makati City Representative Luis Campos, Jr. reported that the agency is “on target” in the implementation of the “Free Wi-Fi for All” program, particularly in its […]
The House of Representatives adopted a resolution to congratulate and commend the recipients of the 2023 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipino awards for their unwavering commitment and exceptional contributions to public service.House Resolution (HR) No. 1312 was introduced by Speaker Martin Romualdez, Senior Deputy Speaker Dong Gonzales Jr., Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan, […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez reported that the House of Representatives has approved 18 out of the 20 priority measures that the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) targeted for approval by December this year.The House Speaker, at the same time, expressed confidence in having all the 20 bills approved before the end of September, or three […]
The House of Representatives under Speaker Martin Romualdez approved on third and final reading the bill giving Muslim-Filipinos better digital access to Shari’a courts, which amended several provisions of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Act of 2009 (Republic Act 9997). House Bill (HB) 9045 or An Act Providing Muslim Filipinos better access to Shari’a courts received an overwhelming 251 […]
Amid plenary budget deliberations, the House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill (HB) 8969 or the proposed “Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Pension System Act.” The measure seeks to ensure the sustainability of the pension and other benefits of MUP by creating a fiscal framework that fully supports its funding requirements. HB 8969 […]