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The House Ways and Means Committee will sustain its commitment to fund President Rodrigo Duterte’s key infrastructure and human development priorities, its chairman, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said. Salceda said he will push for the passage in plenary of key tax measures that hurdled committee level, particularly: the tax regime for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators […]
A bill seeking to grant a two-day special emergency leave for all workers in the public and private sector who were directly affected by natural calamities has been filed at the House of Representatives. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda filed House Bill 5775, or the proposed “Calamity Leave Law.” “It provides them few days of interval to […]
The House of Representatives has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on a bill seeking to raise the excise tax rates on alcohol products as well as heated tobacco and vapor products in the country. The proposal seeks to amend the Republic Act No. 8424 or the “National Internal Revenue Code of 1997.” This is […]
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives welcomed the court’s decision to convict several members of the Ampatuan clan for their involvement in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, which claimed the lives of 58 people. Maguindanao Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu, whose wife and other relatives were among the victims in the decade-old carnage, said the landmark ruling is […]
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure authorizing the Department of Health (DOH) to set and approve the bed capacity and service capability of all DOH-retained hospitals. The chamber approved by voice vote House Bill 5673, which seeks to address the congestion of patients in public hospitals by allowing the DOH […]
The House Committee on Appropriations chaired by Rep. Isidro Ungab (3rd District, Davao City) had approved the unnumbered substitute bill creating the Department of Filipinos Overseas and Foreign Employment, that was principally authored by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. In particular, the panel approved the appropriations provisions of the proposed “Department of Filipino Overseas Act of […]
The House Committee on Appropriations has approved a measure proposing the salary increases for government workers starting in 2020. The panel, chaired by Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab, approved the consolidated House Bill 5712, which proposes another round of salary increases for civilian government employees since the last tranche of the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) […]
A party-list lawmaker said the 18th Congress and the Duterte administration should apply the full force of criminal, civil, and administrative laws against water concessionaires Manila Water and Maynilad. Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera made the statement following warnings by the two companies that water rates will be raised should the government revokes the […]
A party-list lawmaker stressed the need to establish a system to monitor and identify the growing number of foreign nationals employed in Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) in the country. In an interview, Ang Probinsyano Rep. Ronnie Ong, vice-chair of the House committee on games and amusements, said the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) will […]
The House of Representatives has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P4.1-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2020. This development came after the bicameral conference committee approved the proposed 2020 budget on the same day. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said the budget that was passed has “no pork, no parked funds, and […]