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More House panel chairmanships filled; find out what

Published Aug 6, 2025 09:03 am

At A Glance

  • The House of Representatives is slowly but surely filling up the remaining committee chairmanships in the 20th Congress.
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook)
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook)


The House of Representatives is slowly but surely filling up the remaining committee chairmanships in the 20th Congress.
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has been busy electing his colleagues to various key posts these past few session days to get the House under repeat Speaker Martin Romualdez up and running.
Bulacan 6th district Rep. Salvador Pleyto--the oldest sitting congressman at 83--was named chairperson of the Committee on Government Reorganization. Pleyto is a former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assistant secretary.
The Pleyto panel covers matters directly and principally relating to the reorganization of the government or any of its branches, departments and instrumentalities, excluding government-owned or controlled corporations, and the creation, abolition or change of the principal functions of any government department, agency, commission or board.
Apayao lone district Rep. Eleanor Bulut-Begtang was elected chairperson of the Committee on Agrarian Reform. It involves matters directly and principally relating to agrarian reform, the resettlement of and other support services for agrarian reform beneficiaries, and the implementation and/or amendment of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.
Designated as Committee on Mindanao Affairs chairperson was Misamis Occidental 1st district Rep. Jason Almonte. All bills directly and principally relating to the development of Mindanao will be tackled by this panel.
These includes policies, programs, and measures intended to address problems and constraints hampering such development, as well as the preparation of a comprehensive and integrated short, medium and long term development plan for Mindanao.
Cotabato 2nd district Rep. Rudy Caoagdan was named chairperson of the Committee om Veterans Affairs and Welfare. This particular panel covers measures directly and principally relating to the welfare of war veterans, veterans of military campaigns, military retirees, their surviving spouses and other beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, the House has considerably filled up the membership of the Committee on Accounts, which looks into the internal budget of the House including budget preparation, submission and approval. It also covers matters on disbursements, accounting, and financial operations.
Named as senior vice chairperson of this committee was Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez.
Elected as vice chairpersons of the Committee on Accounts were Mandaue City lone district Rep. Emmarie Ouano-Dizon, Negros Occidental 2nd district Rep. Alfredo Marañon, Romblon lone district Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona, Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores, Zambales 2nd district Rep. Doris Maniquiz, Quezon City 6th district Rep. Ma. Victoria Co-Pilar, Pangasinan 4th Rep. Ma. Georgina De Venecia, and Tarlac 2nd district Rep. Maria Cristina Angeles.
Davao de Oro 1st district Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora was earlier named accounts panel chairperson.
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