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House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Sunday assured the public that the per agency budget deliberations in the House of Representatives would resume after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) address the concerns of congressmen regarding the “extremely restrictive” cash-based P3.757 trillion national budget […]
A day after the ouster of former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, the House of Representatives on Tuesday ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). This was the first item completed on the agenda of newly-elected Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. “As I intend to carry out the legislative agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte, […]
The congressional bicameral conference committee on Wednesday night approved the final version of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), which was renamed as the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The bicameral panel, under the leadership of House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, was able […]
Retired and soon-to-retire government employees can now look forward to more productive years beyond government service. This developed after the House of Representatives, voting 237-0 without abstention, approved on third and final reading House Bill 7445, which seeks to develop entrepreneurship skills of government employees to prepare them for better economic opportunities after working with […]
Two out of three House panels on Monday approved House Bill 6475, seeking to provide for the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro (BBL) and abolishing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The House committee on Muslim affairs, voting 5-3, and special committee on peace, unity and reconciliation, voting 6-4, approved the motion to pass […]
The Mayon Volcano Natural Park in Albay and the Pasonanca Natural Park in Zamboanga City are now protected areas under two separate bills approved by the House of Representatives. House Bills (HB) No. 6394 and 6449 declare it a policy of the State to ensure the protection and conservation of the Mayon Park and Pasonanca […]
The House Committee on Appropriations approved a substitute bill seeking to regulate the practice of criminology profession in the country through the creation of the Professional Regulatory Board of Criminologists (PRBC). The proposed legislation titled “The Philippine Criminology Profession Act” will repeal Republic Act 6506, otherwise known as “An Act Creating the Board of Examiners […]
The House Committee on Agrarian Reform chaired by Rep. Rene Relampagos (1st District, Bohol) has approved a substitute bill seeking to prohibit the conversion of irrigated and irrigable lands for non-agricultural purposes. The measure seeks to address threats to food security in the country by amending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 (CARP) or […]
The House Committee on Energy has approved a bill seeking to streamline the process of securing the necessary permits for power generation projects through an Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS). The unnumbered substitute bill aims to ensure consumer access to quality, reliable and secure electrical power at reasonable cost through measures that guarantee supply meeting […]
The House committee on appropriations approved a substitute bill which seeks to institutionalize the “Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund” for use in the disaster prevention, management, and mitigation measures of electric cooperatives and for rehabilitation of their infrastructures damaged by force majeure or fortuitous events. The unnumbered bill endorsed by the committee on energy […]