House of Representatives Partylist Gabriela is again pushing for the passage of the pandemic leave benefits bill not just for COVID-19 infected workers but also for "floating status" workers due to temporary closures and reduced company operations. "Chop-chop 'yung sahod dahil bawas ang work...
House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero on Sunday, October 31, called for the full reopening of the National Capital Region (NCR) economy as target population vaccination moves close to 100 percent. The House leader and 1-PACMAN Party-list congressman urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management...
Enactment by year end of the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget will be on schedule after the House of Representatives made good is pledge to submit the 2022 spending plan on or before October 27. Speaker Velasco receives NEP Speaker Lord Allan Velasco disclosed that the Lower House sent to...
Nueva Ecija Third District Rep. Rosanna “Ria” V. Vergara on Tuesday, Oct. 26 hailed the recent Supreme Court ruling that rejected doubts about her citizenship, declaring that she is a Filipino citizen. Nueva Ecija Rep. Ria Vergara Vergara, chairperson of the House Committee on Ethics and...
Bukidnon 1st District Representative Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba has sought passage of a bill that seeks to coordinate and ensure the sustainable development of coastal and marine resources of the Philippines. Acosta-Alba has filed House Bill No. 3136 or "An Act adopting Integrated Coastal Ecosystem...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez is pushing passage of a bill seeking to create an independent government agency that would be tasked to focus on programs protecting the environment. Rodriguez, in filing House Bill No. 3794, or “An Act Creating the National Environmental Protection Agency of...
A House of Representatives panel has recommended passage of a bill that would guarantee allocation for the procurement of medicines and other community health requirements needed by indigent patients. Medicines The House Committee on Local Government has unanimously approved House Bill 10392 that...
An opposition leader in the House of Representatives welcomed on Wednesday, Oct. 20 the recommendation of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi to grant his department authority to suspend taxes on fuel to address rampaging increase in prices. Gasoline pump picture Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna...
Three members of the House of Representatives are seeking to amend the Mental Health Act (Republic Act No. 11036). Bohol 3rd District Rep. Kristine Alexie Tutor, Bohol 1st District Rep. Edgar Chatto and Aurora Rep. Rommel Rico Angara have filed House Bills 6782, 6806 and 6884, respectively, to...
The House of Representatives on Thursday, Oct. 14 re-aligned a total P65.504 billion from the proposed 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion to finance priority programs under a pandemic situation that included the procurement of additional anti-COVID 19 vaccines and booster shots. House of...
A senior House of Representatives official has filed bills that will prohibit substitution of candidacy after the deadline for filing and make mandatory the resignation of an incumbent elective official who is running for another position. 2C6CC7A3-D67C-43CD-B308-23B74134B2BA Deputy Speaker and...
House of Representatives Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez led Lower House lawmakers in expressing gratitude to the United States for the 75 years of diplomatic and bilateral relations on Wednesday, October 13. House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin G....
