The leadership of the House of Representatives has listed the proposed Philippine Virology Institute Act and four other legislative measures with President Rodrigo Duterte’s legislative agenda as among the top priorities of the chamber in its last year of regular session. House of Representatives...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday, July 19 underscored the important role members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) played in the country’s fight against the devastating effects of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic. Speaker Velasco PNP rites Velasco personally offered his...
The House Committee on Energy on Friday, July 16 approved a bill that seeks to fully develop the Philippine downstream natural gas industry and consolidate all laws relating to the transmission, distribution and the supply of natural gas. Natural gas Malampaya Authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco...
The House of Representatives launched on Wednesday, July 14 a website that will serve as the public guide in verifying vital information about President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA). Speaker Lord Allan Velasco- coat and tie Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Tuesday, July 13 underscored the need for concerned government agencies to ensure that the May 2022 elections will be safe and free amid the serious public health threat of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic. Polling precinct voting In a virtual forum,...
As grief enveloped the nation over the death of 50 soldiers during a C-130 crash in Sulu, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco vowed to strongly push for an upgrade and modernization of the country’s air assets, saying that what happened on Sunday, July 4 must not occur again in the future. Velasco led...
The House of Representatives is giving a blast for the last as it shifted preparations for President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and final State of the Nation Address to high gear. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the Lower Chamber had laid out plans to highlight the legislative accomplishments of the...
The House of Representatives on Monday, June 6 honored the late former Occidental Mindoro Rep. Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa, the first woman deputy speaker of the chamber, in necrological services held at the Batasan Pambansa plenary hall. Villarosa, former executive vice president of Lakas-Christian...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco’s name surfaced as the next president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino -Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) as a faction emerged and threatened to wrest the leadership of the Malacanang-backed political party from its current head, Senator Manny Pacquiao. Velasco’s Lower...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded the decision of the Professional Regulations Commission to push through with the 2021 Nursing Licensure Examination in July, saying that the move will help address the shortage of health care workers faced by medical facilities and health centers as a result of the...
The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) has expressed support for an initiative to hold hearings on Constitutional Amendments with the objective of amending the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution. But FEF also equally stressed the need to introduce the phrase “unless otherwise...
