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The House Special Committee on Nuclear Energy chaired by Pangasinan 2nd District Representative Mark Cojuangco approved the Substitute Bill to House Bill 7049, in consolidation with HBs 371, 481, 526, 542, 1255, 2103, 3301, 3898, 4822, 6030, 7003 and 7330, establishing the Philippine Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority. The bill also provides for a comprehensive legal framework […]
Ako Bicol (AKB) Party-list is funding a super healthcare facility that will be located in the town of Manito in Albay. AKB Representative Zaldy Co announced this as he led “Tarabangan Caravan”, a one-day medical-dental mission in Barangay Poblacion. “It is important for you to have access to health services.” “It is important for you […]
The technical working group (TWG) of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs chaired by Surigao del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers met to discuss House Bill 6783 which seeks to remove cannabis and any of its form or derivative from the list of dangerous drugs and substances under existing laws. The bill authored by Davao del […]
The office of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list Representative Yedda Marie Romualdez in partnership with the Marcos administration through Secretary Rex Gatchalian of the Department of Social Welfare and Development distributed P3,000 in cash assistance recently to each of the 600 oil spill victims in Oriental Mindoro.The Speaker’s office also gave the province’s […]
The House of Representatives, under the leadership of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, will continue working on remaining priority legislation even during the congressional break.This developed after the House authorized Wednesday night all its committees to hold hearings, if needed, during the period of adjournment from March 23 to May 7, 2023, to process important bills […]
As session adjourns for Holy Week recess, Speaker Martin Romualdez bared that the House of Representatives succeeded in approving on third and final reading 23 of 31 bills identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) as priority measures of the Marcos administration.These measures were already transmitted to the Senate. The 31 LEDAC priority measures, […]
Voting 273 against three and zero abstentions, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill giving the President the power to suspend the increase in premiums of “direct contributors” of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) members.Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the principal author of House Bill (HB) No. 6772, said the […]
The House Committee on Energy chaired by Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Jay Velasco and Committee on North Luzon Growth Quadrangle (NLGQ) chaired by Ilocos Norte Representative Angelo Marcos Barba resumed its discussion of controversies involving Isabela Electric Cooperative 1 (ISELCO 1) and Isabela Electric Cooperative 2 (ISELCO 2). The meeting was held pursuant to House […]
The House Committee on Information and Communications Technology chaired by Navotas City Representative Toby Tiangco approved with amendments the substitute bill on House bills and resolutions seeking to establish a “No Call, No Text Registration System.” Tiangco explained that the proposed legislation would protect mobile phone subscribers from unwanted calls and texts and “encourage the adoption by […]
The House Committee on Ecology chaired by Biñan City Representative Marlyn Alonte tackled House Resolution 376 proposing to revisit the P18.7-billion Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project in 2010, including its cancellation in 2011. Alonte emphasized that the committee is very interested in exploring ways to rehabilitate Laguna Lake and maximize its economic and environmental potentials as […]