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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on final reading a bill seeking to increase the paid maternity leave period to 100 days for female workers in the government and private sector. With 191 affirmative votes, zero negative vote and no abstention, the lower chamber approved on third reading House Bill No. 4113, otherwise known as […]
A bill which seeks to create the lone legislative district of Calamba City in Laguna has been approved by the Senate on third and final reading. House Bill No. 990, sponsored by Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government, was approved with 19 affirmative votes, no negative vote and no […]
Retired and soon-to-retire government employees can now look forward to more productive years beyond government service. This developed after the House of Representatives, voting 237-0 without abstention, approved on third and final reading House Bill 7445, which seeks to develop entrepreneurship skills of government employees to prepare them for better economic opportunities after working with […]
Voting 210-0, the House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 6922, declaring August 30 of every year as “National Press Freedom Day“ in honor of Marcelo H. Del Pilar, the father of Philippine Journalism, who wrote under the pen name “Plaridel.” The bill mandates all government agencies and instrumentalities, the […]
The Mayon Volcano Natural Park in Albay and the Pasonanca Natural Park in Zamboanga City are now protected areas under two separate bills approved by the House of Representatives. House Bills (HB) No. 6394 and 6449 declare it a policy of the State to ensure the protection and conservation of the Mayon Park and Pasonanca […]
The House Committee on Appropriations approved a substitute bill seeking to regulate the practice of criminology profession in the country through the creation of the Professional Regulatory Board of Criminologists (PRBC). The proposed legislation titled “The Philippine Criminology Profession Act” will repeal Republic Act 6506, otherwise known as “An Act Creating the Board of Examiners […]
The House Committee on Agrarian Reform chaired by Rep. Rene Relampagos (1st District, Bohol) has approved a substitute bill seeking to prohibit the conversion of irrigated and irrigable lands for non-agricultural purposes. The measure seeks to address threats to food security in the country by amending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 (CARP) or […]
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading and transmitted to the Senate for concurrence House Bill 6683, which declares the province of La Union a tourist destination and “Surfing Capital of the North.” Rep. Vini Nola Ortega (Party-list, ABONO), the bill’s principal author, said the proposal aims not only to showcase the […]
The House Committee on Energy has approved a bill seeking to streamline the process of securing the necessary permits for power generation projects through an Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS). The unnumbered substitute bill aims to ensure consumer access to quality, reliable and secure electrical power at reasonable cost through measures that guarantee supply meeting […]
The House committee on appropriations approved a substitute bill which seeks to institutionalize the “Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund” for use in the disaster prevention, management, and mitigation measures of electric cooperatives and for rehabilitation of their infrastructures damaged by force majeure or fortuitous events. The unnumbered bill endorsed by the committee on energy […]