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The House Committee on Population and Family Relations chaired by Isabela Representative Ian Paul Dy approved in principle House Bills 78, 1021, 1593, 2593, 3843, 3885, 4957 and 4998, which seek to reinstitute divorce as an alternative mode for dissolving marriages and strengthen the civil effects of church annulment. Negros Occidental Representative Juliet Marie de […]
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) reminded the public that breast cancer treatment is included in the Z Benefits package it offers to its members. The state insurer issued the reminder after a cancer expert sounded the alarm on the continuous prevalence of breast cancer in the Philippines during a breast cancer forum in Makati […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee believes that the Insurance Commission’s (IC) move to increase the minimum catastrophe insurance rates is an anti-competitive policy that will just incentivize cartels while passing on additional burdens to consumers as it will result in soaring prices of basic commodities. The lawmaker from Sorsogon stated this during the Feb. […]
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs chaired by Surigao del Norte Representative Ace Barbers approved House Bill No. 90 which would institute the magna carta of benefits for the officers and personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Under the proposed magna carta, PDEA workers will be provided with acceptable living and working conditions, […]
Speaker Martin Romualdez lauded Filipino ace surfer Rogelio “JayR” Esquivel, Jr. for bringing pride and honor to the country by winning the men’s longboard surfing competition at the World Surfing League La Union International Pro Longboard Qualifying Series.Esquivel emerged as the champion in the event held in Urbiztondo Beach, San Juan, La Union in January […]
The House Committee on Ways and Means chaired by Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Sarte Salceda approved the unnumbered substitute bill to House Bill 7143, creating a mechanism through which non-resident tourists may refund their value-added tax (VAT). Salceda stressed that the measure is long overdue, noting that the Philippines is the only country in […]
The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments held its sixth public consultation on proposals to reform the 1987 Constitution at the City Convention Center in San Jose Del Monte City in Bulacan. More than 700 participants to the public consultation from the academe, research groups, student groups, business groups, legal groups, civil society organizations, people’s organizations […]
The House of Representatives has approved at the committee level the proposed Comprehensive Renal Replacement Therapy Act which provides sets of policies on kidney transplantation, peritoneal dialysis, and hemodialysis, including making these therapies affordable to all seniors and indigents and expands the PhilHealth transplant benefit package. It was Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes who […]
The House Committee on Public Information chaired by Agusan del Norte Representative Jose Aquino II approved the substitute bill requiring broadcast media to air for free public service announcements on important public issues. Aquino hopes that the measure would finally be enacted during the 19th Congress, to educate the public on critical issues, generate awareness […]
The House of Representatives, through the Speaker’s Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Initiative, extended $100,000 financial assistance as humanitarian aid to thousands of earthquake victims in Turkey, among the first country-responders in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan).Speaker Martin Romualdez said he was sincerely grateful to Turkey for helping Leyte, and many parts […]