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The recently signed Republic Act (RA) 11711, which greatly increases construction contractor license fees and imposes greater financial and legal penalties on violating building contractors, will protect both the public and private sector from “unscrupulous contractors”.

Reelectionist Senator Sherwiin Gatchalian on Saturday, March 26 said he would pursue amendments to the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers or Republic Act (RA) No. 4670 to make it more responsive to present challenges and uphold the welfare of the sector.

President Duterte has signed the measure that amends the country’s Foreign Investments Act, thereby easing rules on foreign businesses in the Philippines.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has proposed four amendments to the much-maligned Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998 (Oil Deregulation Law), which he believes will mitigate the rapid increase in fuel prices.

The government’s pandemic task force has decided to relax some of the guidelines on the pilot implementation of Alert Levels System for COVID-19 (coronavirus) Response in the National Capital Region (NCR), allowing more people to go out and more activities to take place in the pilot area.

A committee in the House of the Representatives has begun discussing the bills seeking to strengthen the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013 (Republic Act No. 10627) and address the continued prevalence of bullying inside and outside of schools.

President Duterte is willing to look into the proposed amendments to the country’s baselines law that supposedly aim to strengthen the nation’s claim to the West Philippine Sea.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended on Wednesday, June 2, the House of Representatives for the passing in the third and final reading some key amendments on the economic provision of the 1987 Constitution.