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The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is urging the Philippine Charity and Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to digitize its products to continue generating revenues amid the quarantine restrictions being enforced because of COVID-19. During the lottery agency’s briefing with the House panel, Albay Representative Joey Salceda said PCSO’s revenues declined from P44 billion […]
With 231 affirmative votes, the House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 8882 which would revise the Charter of Baguio City. The measure, authored by Baguio City Representative Mark Go seeks to a) ensure effective implementation of the city government’s land use development plan, b) settle the boundary dispute of […]
The House Committee on Ecology chaired by Zamboanga del Norte Representative Glona Labadlabad approved the substitute bill that would regulate the production, importation, sale, distribution, provision, use, recovery, collection, recycling, and disposal of single-use plastic products. The substitute measure consolidated 38 bills — one of which was authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco –and four […]
A lawmaker stressed the need to prioritize and fast-track the training of personnel at the local government level on the proper storage, handling, and administration of the highly temperature-sensitive vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte said the training would help prevent drug wastage and ensure the success of the […]
The Lifeline Rate Extension Bill which seeks to extend the implementation of lifeline rate subsidy for another 30 years gets a nod from the Bicam Conference Committee held on Tuesday, March 16. As principal authors of HB 8145, Power Bloc Representatives Presley De Jesus of PHILRECA Party-List and Assistant Minority Leader Sergio Dagooc of APEC […]
A partylist lawmaker pushed for the passage of a measure seeking to amend the Customs Modernization and Tariffication Act (CMTA) to help avert agricultural smuggling and improve trade facilitation. AAMBIS-OWA Partylist Representative Sharon Garin said amendments to the CMTA are necessary to further improve the country’s international standing, wherein its institutional arrangement and cooperation rating […]
To address the need for more skilled line workers and barangay electricians in the countryside, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) is pushing for the accreditation of electric cooperatives (ECs) as training and assessment centers by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The NEA, through its NEA-EC Training Institute (NETI), identified seven ECs for […]
A panel of the House of Representatives approved a measure seeking to impose a P20 excise tax per kilo of single-use plastic bags. The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Albay Representative Joey Salceda, approved the committee report on the substituted bill to House Bill 178, which seeks to add a new section designated […]
A House of Representatives panel has adopted a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to integrate a mental health awareness course in the K to 12 basic education curriculum for all public and private secondary high schools. The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture adopted House Resolution 422, which aims to facilitate the […]
A congressman has filed a proposal to declare Ilocos Norte as the country’s garlic capital with the province being the top producer of what the locals called “white gold.” Representative Angelo Marcos Barba of the 2nd District of Ilocos Norte, the sponsor of House Bill 8109, said that once officially declared as garlic capital, farmers […]