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LGUs concerned on relaxing travel curbs; RT-PCR tests needed even for the fully vaccinated – Velasco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0b0tIFWEmw   (Eagle News) – Local governments in various provinces have expressed their apprehension on possible increase in COVID-19 cases if fully vaccinated individuals would be allowed to travel within the country without requiring them to undergo first COVID-19 testing. This was relayed by Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr., who also serves as the national president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines and national chairman of the Union of Local Authorities of the […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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House passes bills giving Pres. Duterte power to suspend Philhealth, SSS premium hikes

  (Eagle News) — The Philippine House of Representatives has passed two bills granting to President Rodrigo Duterte the power to suspend the scheduled increases in member contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and Social Security System (SSS) “in times of national emergencies” such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lower House approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) Nos. 8461 and 8512 principally authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco. Congress said […]

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P4.506-trillion nat’l budget for 2021 now ready for Duterte’s signature

Sotto, Velasco sign bill that includes funds for gov’t COVID response for next year   (Eagle News) — Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have already signed the bill on the P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 which is to be transmitted to Malacanang for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature by tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Both Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco have already signed the General Appropriations Act […]

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Most number of Deputy Speakers at 28 under Speaker Velasco as 9 more take oath

  (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives under Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco now holds the distinction as having the most number of deputy speakers in history at 28, with the recent oath taking of nine new deputy speakers. The nine new Deputy Speakers designated by Speaker Velasco and who took their oath on Dec. 7 were the following: 1. Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. 2. Pampanga 4th District Rep. […]

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House Speaker Velasco urges extension of installation of RFID stickers until March 2021

https://youtu.be/yQVOd_ebSWI (Eagle News) — House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco urged the Department of Transportation to extend the period for the installation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) stickers to March next year, instead of January 11. In a statement, Velasco said that “at the rate things are going” it would be difficult to have all 6.1 million registered vehicles in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Calabarzon to be provided with RFID stickers by Jan. 11, 2021 […]

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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 […]

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President Duterte meeting with Velasco, Cayetano pushes through even after resolution of row over Speakership

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting with newly-elected Speaker Lord Velasco and his predecessor Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano in Malacañang pushed through on Tuesday, Oct. 13. This was even after the apparent resolution of the row over the Speakership just hours before, with the official election of Velasco as the House leader, and with Cayetano stepping down. According to Senator Bong Go, who was present in the meeting, the President reminded the two House lawmakers to […]

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“House war” in the time of COVID: Congress opens budget special session with “2 House Speakers”

  (Eagle News) – The House of Representatives will open the special session called by President Rodrigo Duterte for the passage of the all-important proposed 2021 national budget on Tuesday, Oct. 13, with two lawmakers claiming to be the House Speaker. Both Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and his rival Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco who took his oath as Speaker after a House session staged by his allies at the Celebrity Sports Plaza, claimed to […]

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Pres. Duterte so fed up with House politicking, says Roque; airs Palace order to “pass budget first”

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang called on lawmakers to set aside politics for now and pass first the critical proposed 2021 national budget amid the speakership fight that came to a head Monday noon, Oct. 12. Palace spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte is so fed up with the politicking at the House of Representatives, using the word “tagam” to describe his feelings, about the speakership fight affecting the passage of the critical […]

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Velasco takes “oath” as new House Speaker as Cayetano hits “fake session” that ousted him

Velasco asks Cayetano to help in ‘peaceful transition” of House leadership (Eagle News) — Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco was “voted” as new Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday, Oct. 12,  in a session done by lawmakers outside of the Batasan Pambansa session hall. After getting votes of what his allies claimed were 186 lawmakers in a session in a sports complex outside the Batasan Pambansa, Velasco took his oath as the new […]

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