Tag: Lower House

House approves economic charter amendments that would allow more foreign investments

(Eagle News) — The Lower House has approved on final reading the economic charter amendments that would allow more foreign investments in the country. The Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 2 was passed on Tuesday with 251 affirmative votes, 21 negative votes and two abstentions. Because of this, the needed ¾ vote of the entire House of Representatives has been achieved. “The proposed amendment to sections of Article XII (National Patrimony and Economy), Article […]

Speaker Velasco says moves to renew ABS CBN franchise shelved until next Congress

Statement came after Pres. Duterte warned Congress he won’t allow ABS-CBN to resume operations   (Eagle News) — House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said he is shelving “until the next Congress” moves to revive the franchise of media network ABS-CBN. Velasco said that the priority of Congress right now is to finish “the remaining priority measures” of the Duterte administration. His statement came a few days after President Rodrigo Duterte stated that he would not […]

Kamara ipinasa nang mas maaga sa Senado ang naaprubahang 2021 Nat’l Budget

  Ni Eden Santos Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Naisumite na nitong Martes Oct. 27, ng Kamara de Representantes (House of Representatives) sa Senado ang inaprubahang 2021 national budget ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, isang araw bago ang itinakda nitong self-imposed deadline. Nilagdaan bago mag-alas kuwatro ng hapon ng Martes ni House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco ang transmittal letter ng P4.506 trillion na pambansang budget ng gobyerno. Mas maaga ng isang araw […]

House of Representatives suspends work Tuesday due to expected onslaught of Typhoon Tisoy

(Eagle News – Work at the House of Representatives was suspended today, Tuesday, December 3, due to the expected onslaught of Typhoon Kammuri (TisoyPH) in Metro Manila. A skeletal force from the engineering and security bureaus will report for work today, according to the Office of the Secretary General of the Lower House. The suspension of work has been cleared with the Office of House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. Signal number 2 is currently hoisted […]

Lower House’s failure to ratify Bangsamoro Organic Law forces last-minute edits in President’s SONA

  (Eagle News) – The speech for President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) had to undergo last minute adjustments because of the House of Representatives’ failure to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law, even as Malacanang called this as a “temporary setback.” Originally, the President wanted to sign the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) just before, or during his third SONA, which won’t happen because of the lower House’s failure to ratify this […]