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(Eagle News)-The bicameral committee has approved the sin tax bill that seeks to increase taxes on alcohol, heated tobacco products and vapor cigarettes. The bicameral approval came only hours after senators and congressmen sat down to reconcile the disagreeing provisions of the Senate- and House-approved versions. The approved report, once ratified by the Senate and the House, will be sent to President Rodrigo Duterte next week for signature. With a report from Meanne Corvera
(Eagle News)–Senator JV Ejercito hailed the recent passage of the P3.757-trillion national budget in the bicameral conference committee, describing it as “pro-health.” In a statement, Ejercito said the national budget “carries the funds for the Health Facilities Enhancement Program, or HFEP, and Human Resource for Health Development (HRHD), both under the budget of the DOH (Department of Health).” According to Ejercito, who is the chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, he “fought for […]
(Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee has approved a measure that seeks to penalize catcalling and wolf-whistling, among others. If signed into law, the Safe Spaces Act will also penalize “unwanted invitations,” misogynistic comments, among others, that are “unwanted and threaten one’s sense of personal space and physical safety.” It will also expand the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 that penalizes acts of sexual harassment committed “between peers and those committed to a superior officer […]
(Eagle News) — A measure seeking to institutionalize a framework to advance energy efficiency and conservation practices in the country has hurdled the bicameral conference committee. In a statement, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, said the approval of the reconciled version of Senate Bill No. 1531 and House Bill No. 8629, or the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act, is “quite timely, especially at a time when the Philippines is experiencing sustained economic […]
(Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee has approved a reconciled version of the Senate and House of Representatives Universal Health Care bills. Under the reconciled Senate Bill No. 1896 and House Bill No. 5784, Senator JV Ejercito, principal author and sponsor of the Senate’s version, said the funds for Filipinos’ health services would be sourced from the incremental sin tax collections. He said 50 percent of the national government share will come from the income of the […]
(Eagle News) — A bicameral conference panel has reconciled the disagreeing provisions of the Senate’s and the House of Representatives’ versions of a bill creating the P100-billion coconut levy trust fund. In a statement, Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food and head of the Senate panel, said the final reconciled version of Senate Bill 1233 and House Bill 5745 will now be submitted for ratification by both houses of Congress. The […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate met in a bicameral conference committee meeting on Monday, July 9, to reconcile their versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. Twenty-nine senators and congressmen trooped to a hotel in Ortigas to attend the five-day meeting aimed at ensuring the passage of the law President Rodrigo Duterte has said would bring lasting peace in Mindanao. “Napag-agreehan naman na yung mga madaling provisions […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee has approved the proposed P3.350 trillion national budget for 2017 following the consolidation of the respective versions of the Senate and House of Representatives. Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance announced this on Tuesday, December 13, as she stated that the budget was “in line with the President’s 10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda.” She said that they have ensured that it would fund the […]
MANILA, Philippines – The bicameral conference committee approved the “exact change bill” which aims to penalize business establishments that will not give the exact change to its customers. Said bill also obliges business establishments to post price tags which will include the value-added tax, on the goods and services that said establishments offer. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/ovqTgwLnPic
