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THURSDAY, 30-SEPTEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 10:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
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Budget Briefing – Commission on Elections - Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
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Pre-Plenary Conference – Department of Energy (including attached corporations) and the Energy Regulatory Commission
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
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Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
WEDNESDAY, 29-SEPTEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
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(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat) - Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
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Pre-Plenary Conference – Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), National Housing Authority (NHA), National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) and Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HB 1504 – Granting discounts to underprivileged college students on basic and education services (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 400 – Requiring an independent evaluation of distance education programs (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HBs 835 & 1660 – Improving access to education through open learning and distance education in post secondary and tertiary levels in the Philippines, appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Mark Villar and Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 124 – Establishing the Compostela Valley State College, integrating therewith as regular branches, the Bukidnon State University External Studies Centers in several municipalities in Compostela Valley Province and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora-Apsay)
HB 3024 – Converting the Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology in the Province of Oriental Mindoro into Oriental Mindoro State University and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
HB 2697 – Changing the name of Lazi Agricultural School in the Province of Siquijor into Lazi Technical Institute (Rep. Orlando Fua)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC WORKS & HIGHWAYS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 13
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Technical Working Group meeting on HBs 134, 1351 & 2622 – Amending Secs. 7 and 8 of RA 8794, otherwise known as the Motor Vehicle User’s Charge (MVUC) Law (Reps. Danilo Suarez, Aurora Enerio-Cerilles and Al Francis Bichara)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
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HBs 382, 1516, 1899, 1998, 2454 & 2765 – Penalizing persons driving under the influence of alcohol (Reps. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Augusto Syjuco Jr., Ben Evardone, Romeo Acop, Imelda Calixto-Rubiano and Emmeline Aglipay)
HBs 2266, 2338, 2407, 2735 & 2961 – Establishing a regular district office of the Land Transportation Office in various provinces and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., Wilfrido Mark Enverga, Eleanor Bulut-Begtang, Franklin Bautista and Anna York Bondoc)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
MUSLIM AFFAIRS jt. w/ PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) panel on peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on the scope and direction of the GRP-MILF peace negotiation
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
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Pre-Plenary Conference – Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
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HBs 16, 64, 498, 1230, 1508 & 1896 – Creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology, defining its powers and functions and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Roilo Golez, Luis Villafuerte, Juan Edgardo Angara, Winston “Winnie” Castelo, Marcelino Teodoro and Ben Evardone)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
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HB 121 – Revising the charter of the City of Baguio (Rep. Bernardo Vergara)
HB 2061 – Reapportioning the lone legislative district and the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Iloilo (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
HB 625 – Providing for the reapportionment of the Province of Maguindanao into three (3 ) legislative districts (Rep. Simeon Datumanong)
HBs 312, 585, 665, 1461 & 1890 – Amending Sec. 13 of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, giving the local legislative bodies the power to declare local public holidays (Reps. Roilo Golez, Rufus Rodriguez, Joseph Victor Ejercito and Ben Evardone)
HB 2002 – Rationalizing the income requirement for the creation of a province and the declaration of highly-urbanized status in the case of component cities, amending for the purpose RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Rep. Pablo John Garcia)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Speaker’s Conf. Room
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Briefing by the Department of Public Works & Highways, Metro Manila Development Authority and Laguna Lake Development Authority
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
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Briefing by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Union of the Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), Caucus of Development NGO Network (CODE-NGO) and Transparency and Accountability Network (TAN)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
REFORESTATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Minority Leader’s Conf. Room
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Organizational Meeting
Briefing by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and various agencies and groups on the state of the Philippine forests
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TOURISM
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Department of Tourism and its attached agencies
TUESDAY, 28-SEPTEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
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Pre-Plenary Conference – State Universities and Colleges - Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall
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Budget Briefing – Commission on Human Rights
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
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Briefing by the following private entities involved in the energy sector: Philippine Electricity Market Corporation, Philippine Independent Power Producers Association, Manila Electric Company, Philippine Electric Plant Owners Association and Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association - Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
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Consideration of the status quo ante order of the Supreme Court in relation to the impeachment complaints against Ombudsman Merceditas Navarro-Gutierrez
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
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HBs 354 & 2781 – Prohibiting discrimination against persons on account of ethnic origin and/or religious belief (Reps. Susan Yap and Tupay Loong)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
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HBs 12, 116, 2616 & 2898 – Amending PD 1866, as amended by RAs 8294 and 9516, providing for stiffer penalties for crimes relating to firearms, light weapons and ammunitions (Reps. Rodolfo Biazon, Pedro Romualdo, Joseph Emilio Abaya and Romeo Acop)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the following measures:
HB 2484 – Providing for an additional excise tax of 10% on alcohol products, amending for the purpose the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as amended, by RA 9334, to generate funds for the information communication technology (ICT) program of public elementary and secondary schools, construction of new school buildings and hiring of new teachers, preferably with ICT proficiency, English, Math and Science majors (Rep. Erico Aumentado)
HB 2485 – Providing for an additional tax of P3.00 per pack of cigar and cigarettes, amending for the purpose the NIRC of 1997, as amended, to generate funds for the Philhealth universal coverage of indigent families, barangay officials and health and day care workers (Rep. Erico Aumentado)
HB 2687 – Restructuring the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products (Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong)
HBs 3059 & 3183 – Promoting equitable sharing of costs and benefits in the alcohol and tobacco industry, amending for the purpose Secs. 141, 142, 143 and 145 of the NIRC of 1997, as amended (Reps. Hermilando Mandanas and Danilo Suarez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
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Pre-Plenary Conference – Southern Philippines Development Authority
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
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Budget Briefing – Civil Service Commission
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Time and Venue : 03:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
Dialogue with visiting Bangladeshi Parliamentarians
Briefing by the representatives from Men Opposed Against Violence (MOVE), Philippine National Police Women & Children Protection Center (PNP-WCPC) and Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development Foundation (PLCPD) on issues concerning violence against women and gender equality
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 04:00 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
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Budget Briefing – Office of the Ombudsman
MONDAY, 27-SEPTEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall
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Budget Briefing – Commission on Elections
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
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Budget Briefing – Commission on Higher Education
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
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Pre-Plenary Conference – Autonomous Regional Government in Muslim Mindanao
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GAMES & AMUSEMENTS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
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Briefing by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office on its mandate and operations
HR 68 – Investigation into the non-remittance of small town lottery (STL) revenues leading to loss of localized funding assistance for health and developmental projects (Rep. Danilo Ramon Fernandez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GLOBALIZATION & WTO
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
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Organizational Meeting
Briefing by the Department of Trade and Industry-Bureau of International Trade Relations on the fundamentals and updates on Globalization and World Trade Organization (WTO)