The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) With a nominal vote result of 206-0-0 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill that, when enacted, would regulate the activities of cooperative banks (CBs). Embodied in...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that aims to do away with the old, complicated process of acquiring public agricultural lands. Gaining 193 "yes" votes, zero...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill that would provide financial assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and adopt a human rights-based...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading the measure allowing a shift of the country’s power generation from the use of coal to natural gas. Garnering 215 affirmative votes during plenary session...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The measure seeking to declare every national election as a nationwide regular non-working holiday is now one step closer to becoming a law. This, after the House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) No.8187 during plenary session...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) With a vote of 215-0-0 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 2 the bill that seeks to establish the Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS)....
PNP (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading Wednesday, July 31 the proposed law restructuring the Philippine National Police (PNP), as embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8327. A nominal vote during Wednesday afternoon's plenary...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The archaic, 111-year-old Warehouse Receipts Law is now one step closer to being updated. This, after the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) No. 198 or the Revised Warehouse Receipts Law of the...
(Unsplash) In a unanimous vote, the House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the proposed Philippine Maritime Zones Act embodied in House Bill (HB) No.7819. Deputy Speaker and Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco, who presided over plenary session Monday, May...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading late Monday afternoon, May 29 the proposed Bureau of Immigration (BI) Modernization Act in unanimous fashion. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8203, it was also the second of...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The lower chamber has unanimously approved on third and final reading the measure defining the new crime of tax racketeering and imposing heavy penalties on offenders. Passed during plenary session Monday afternoon, May 29 was House Bill (HB) No. 8144, which aims to amend Section...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), salt (Speaker's office, Unsplash) The approval of the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act will help address "a sin"--that is, the Philippine's dependence on imported salt despite it being surrounded by salt water. With a vote of 287-0-0...
