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The substitute bill seeking to create the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) has been approved, including the amendments discussed, in the joint hearing of the Committee on Government Reorganization chaired by Rep. Mario Vittorio Mariño (5th District, Batangas) and the Committee on Disaster Management chaired by Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez (4th District, Leyte). A technical working […]
The House Committee on the Welfare of Children chaired by Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (Party-list, TINGOG SINIRANGAN) approved recently bills authored by House Speaker Alan Peter “Compañero” Cayetano, in consolidation with HBs 4218 and 5175 authored by Reps. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado (1st District, Bulacan) and Florencio Noel (Party-list, AN WARAY), respectively. The measure seeks to […]
Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco said the term-sharing agreement he has with Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano still stands. “Sa akin, ang alam ko, tuloy pa rin (As far as I know, the deal still stands). An agreement is an agreement. A gentleman’s agreement is a gentleman’s agreement,” Velasco said. “A gentleman’s agreement is a gentleman’s agreement.” “Based […]
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture chaired by Representative Roman Romulo (Lone District, Pasig City) approved the “Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) Act of 2019,” which seeks to institutionalize the inclusion of GMRC as a separate subject in Kinder to Grade 3 levels. The unnumbered substitute bill consolidates House Bill No. (HB) […]
The House of Representatives has started raising funds for victims of recent earthquakes that struck Mindanao. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano bared the fundraising endeavor of the House during the Congressional Spouses Foundation, Inc. (CSFI) Giant Christmas Tree 2019 Launch. The Speaker, together with his wife Rep. Maria Laarni Cayetano (2nd District, Taguig City-Pateros), Deputy Speaker […]
Speaker Alan Peter “Compañero” Cayetano attributed the accomplishments of the 18th Congress, including approved bills and high approval and trust ratings, to the unity of the House of Representatives workforce. “We found the strength to come together to support our leader, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, and to set aside personal ambitions and political affiliations to […]
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 […]
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 […]