Tag: House of Representatives

House approves P1.16-billion budget for those given Dengvaxia shots

(Eagle News)——-The House of Representatives passed on third and final reading a bill seeking to allocate a P1.16-billion supplemental budget for Dengvaxia vaccinees. House Bill 7449 that seeks to allocate P1,161,710,000 for the medical assistance of those administered with Dengvaxia was passed with a vote of 231-0 after President Rodrigo Duterte certified the bill as urgent. In the Senate, Senator Loren Legarda, finance committee chair, had said a counterpart measure would be passed within the […]

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Duterte asked to certify House BBL measure as urgent; Sotto vouches for Senate BBL version

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service House leaders have asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a measure that seeks to provide for a Bangsamoro Basic Law and to abolish the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In asking Duterte to make the certification on House Bill 6475, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and House Majority leader Rodolfo Farinas said they aimed to pass the measure on third reading “before the sine die adjournment of Congress on […]

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House panel to hold hearing to determine whether destinations of OFWs have bilateral pacts on OFW protection with PHL

(Eagle News) – The House committee on overseas workers affairs will conduct a hearing to determine whether there are destination countries of Overseas Filipino Workers without bilateral agreements with the Philippines for OFW protection. In a press briefing on Monday, May 21, Rep. Jesulito Manalo, committee chair,  said the House through  Resolution 1750, will investigate whether Section 4 of Republic Act 10022 or the Migrant Workers Act, was being properly implemented. According to Manalo, the […]

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House leadership to meet with BTC members to thresh out BBL proposal concerns

(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives leadership is slated to meet with members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission on Tuesday, May 22. Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez told reporters this was to thresh out the lawmakers’ concerns about a proposed version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. “Kinakailangan kasama rin sila para hindi na masyadong maging problema sa plenary,” Alvarez said after an all-party caucus also aimed at resolving such issues. Even then, Alvarez expressed confidence the House […]

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Bicameral committee approves work safety, health standards bill

(Eagle News) – A bicameral conference committee approved on Monday, May 21, a measure strengthening the compliance of employers with occupational safety and health standards. Senator  Joel Villanueva said Senate Bill No. 1317 or “An Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof”  seeks to amend the 41-year old Labor Code of the Philippines which, at present, the senator said, does not declare fines or penalties for […]

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Guevarra believes PCGG, OGCC should be under DOJ

(Eagle News)– For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the Presidential Commission on Good Government and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel should be under the Department of Justice. Guevarra added, however, that he “respect(s)” the decision of the House of Representatives to approve House Bill 7376. The bill, which was approved on third and final reading on Tuesday, May 15,  aims to “eliminate the overlapping of functions and consolidate the legal services in the government into one…” […]

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Senator Aquino slams House move to abolish PCGG

(Eagle News) – Opposition senator Bam Aquino said Wednesday, May 16, that the government “should work to strengthen” the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) if it was “serious in eradicating corruption.” Aquino, whose aunt former President Cory Aquino established the PCGG, made the statement a day after the House of Representatives, voting 162-10, approved House Bill No. 7376, which seeks to abolish the PCGG and transfer the commission’s powers to the Office of the Solicitor […]

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House approves bill seeking for abolition of PCGG

(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 15, approved on third and final reading a bill seeking for the abolition of the Presidential Commission on Good Government. With a vote of 162-10, the Lower House approved House Bill No. 7376 that transfers the powers of the PCGG to the Office of the Solicitor General instead. The powers of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel were also transferred to the OSG under the bill authored […]

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Two Gabriela solons urge House panel to probe reported abuses of household service workers in Middle East

Also seek “thorough review” of RA 8042, bilateral pacts between PHL, Middle Eastern countries (Eagle News) — Two lawmakers from the Gabriela Women’s Party-list on Thursday, April 26, urged a House of Representatives panel to conduct an inquiry into the reported abuses against household service workers in the Middle East. Resolution No. 1830 that also seeks a “thorough review” of Republic Act No. 8042 or the Household Workers Policy Reform Package, and of bilateral agreements […]

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Pimentel to ask senators to vote whether to proceed with impeachment if SC decides to remove Sereno

(Eagle News) — The Senate would likely vote whether to push through with the impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court Chief justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno, in the event that the Supreme Court decides to remove her from office in the quo warranto case. Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, April 25, said he will consult the senators on this question – if they would still proceed with the impeachment trial in case of […]

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Two House panels approve BTC version of BBL

(Eagle News) – Two committees of the House of Representatives approved on Monday, April 16, House Bill 6475, which was based on the recommendation of the Bangsamoro Transition Council. The House special committee on peace, unity and reconciliation, and the committee on Muslim affairs voted to pass the bill authored by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, but the committee on local government rejected the same. On May 15, the House panels will meet again to determine whether […]

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Umali: Impeachment proceedings vs Sereno a House priority even before Duterte pronouncement

(Eagle News) – House Justice Committee chair Reynaldo Umali said on Thursday, April 12, that the conduct of impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was a “priority” of the House of Representatives even before President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Congress  to “fast-track” the impeachment. “Iyan po talaga ang gagawin namin not because of the President’s pronouncement but because that is really a priority agenda of the House of Representatives,” Umali, who is also […]

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