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The House Committee on Ways and Means chaired by Albay Representative Joey Sarte Salceda, in a joint meeting with the Committee on Senior Citizens chaired by SENIOR CITIZENS Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes, approved the revenue provisions of the substitute bill proposing employment for able senior citizens.The proposed “Employment Opportunities for Senior Citizens and Private Entities […]
With 240 affirmative votes, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) 8210 aimed at addressing and resolving the gap between current and expected learning competencies.HB 8210 or the proposed “Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program Act” seeks to ensure that learners develop the most important learning competencies in […]
The House Committee on Health, presided by its vice chairman ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Representative Ray Reyes, further intensified the institution’s efforts at improving the Philippine healthcare system, approving measures for a new specialty hospital and the modernization of existing ones. The Committee approved House Bills (HBs) 123 and 6324, authored by Negros Occidental 4th District Representative Juliet […]
The House Committee on Labor and Employment chaired by Rizal Representative Juan Fidel Felipe Nograles is set to vote next week on the three bills providing for a legislated minimum wage increase for workers in the private sector.Nograles announced this before the committee ended its second hearing on the three bills, namely: House Bills 514 […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to “adjust to inflation” the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) cash transfers to some 4.4 million poor households has been welcomed by the 22 members of the minority bloc in the House of Representatives. “The President’s order is consistent to our recommendation to increase the cash grants to 4Ps household-beneficiaries […]
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food chaired by Quezon Representative Wilfrido Mark Enverga began its inquiry into the alleged improper disposition of the rice stocks of the National Food Authority (NFA) to selected rice traders.House Resolution (HR) 1611, filed by Enverga, noted the report of NFA Assistant Administrator for Operations Engr. Lemuel Pagayunan about […]
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes reiterated the commitment of the House of Representatives to lowering the cost of living in the country and providing more social services to Filipinos. “Hindi lang pagtaas ng sweldo ang ating tinitignan kundi kung gaano natin tutugunan ang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin at mga bayarin,” Reyes said. […]
House Deputy Majority Leader for Communications and ACT-CIS Party-list Representative Erwin Tulfo announced that the House of Representatives will begin its inquiry into the landslide in Davao de Oro, which claimed the lives of close to a hundred people.Committee on Disaster Resilience chairman and Dinagat Islands Representative Alan 1 Ecleo confirmed the schedule, according to […]
The House Committee on Public Works and Highways chaired by Surigao del Sur Representative Romeo Momo created a technical working group (TWG) tasked to craft a substitute bill to six measures seeking to ensure that all cities and municipalities in the country have recreational spaces.The panel named Pangasinan Representative Christopher De Venecia as head of […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 9764, which would extend the validity of identification cards and certificates of registration of all professionals under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) from three to five years.All 234 House members present during the plenary session voted in favor of the bill, which would reduce […]