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Two House leaders said the country’s improved rankings in the World Bank’s (WB) “Doing Business” report is a testament to the rising business confidence in the reforms instituted by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. In the just-released WB report, the Philippines improved by 29 notches, ranking 95th from the previous 124th out of 190 […]
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food has approved a substitute joint resolution authorizing the use of rice subsidy for the purchase of palay from local farmers to protect them from the recent liberalization of rice importation. The still-unnumbered joint resolution is a consolidation of House Joint Resolution 16 and House Resolution 322, that urge […]
The 2019 House of Representatives Month celebration continues with the formal launch of the exhibit “HRep @ 112: The History of the House of the People in Sights and Sounds.” The interactive multimedia exhibit honors over a century of Philippine legislative history, featuring videos, sound recordings, documents, photos and artifacts on legislative milestones from as […]
Following a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that rocked Mindanao recently, several House members are urging the swift passage of a bill creating a government agency that will specifically deal with disasters and other calamities in the country. Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco said there is now an immediate need for the passage of the administration’s version […]
Immediately after conducting his inspection of the New Clark City sports hub, Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has declared that the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Committee (PHISGOC) Foundation, Inc., the organizing committee of the 30th SEA Games, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) are 100% ready to host the SEA Games […]
Two resolutions commending the country’s gold medal-winning athletes, Carlos Edriel “Caloy” Yulo and Nesthy Petecio, have been filed at the House of Representatives. Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco filed House Resolutions No. 437 and 438 commending Yulo for winning the first-ever gold medal in the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championship and Petecio for winning […]
The House of Representatives has posted a historic 82 percent attendance record in the first two months of the 18th Congress. According to the journals of proceedings posted on the House website, an average of 246 of the 300 House members answered the roll call in 20 session days from July 22 to September 23. […]
The House Committee on Health chaired by Quezon Representative Helen Tan (4th District) has formed a technical working group (TWG) to consolidate several measures seeking to create an electronic health system led by House Bill No. (HB) 8 penned by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, which seeks to create the National Health Passport System. The other […]
Valenzuela City First District Representative Weslie Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to regulate parking fees and protect Filipino consumers from excessive charges. In his sponsorship speech, Gatchalian, chairman of the House committee on trade and industry, said his proposed House Bill 3262 or Parking Fees Regulation Act, aims to protect customers who avail of […]
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food chaired by Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (1st District, Quezon) adopted House Resolution No. 197, which seeks to proclaim the month of September as “Philippine Bamboo Month” to promote the importance of bamboo in the daily lives of Filipinos. The resolution, authored by Deputy Speaker and Ilocos Sur Rep. […]