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THURSDAY, 24-MAY-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AGRICULTURE & FOOD (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / Conf. Rm. 13 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 3186 - Granting all qualified farmers and fishermen discount on petroleum products (Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
WEDNESDAY, 23-MAY-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 2201 – Inquiry into the alleged payment of excessive business tax and community tax certificate by the Sorsogon Provincial Cooperative Bank (SPCB) (Rep. Jose Ping-ay)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 4131 – Requiring all property owners or operators of beach resorts, hotels and similar establishments adjacent to foreshore lands to provide, ensure and protect public access to, from and across the beach area and providing penalties for violation thereof (Rep. Erico Aumentado)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 2422 & 3562 – Creating the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Charter (Reps. Rex Gatchalian and Joseph Gilbert Violago)
Update on the situation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Syria and discussion on OWWA Board Resolution No. 4, Series of 2012, authorizing P10,000 grant to OWWA members displaced by the crisis in Syria
Update on the implementation of Sec. 4 of RA 8042, as amended by RA 10022, on the deployment of migrant workers only to receiving countries compliant with any of the three guarantees provided by law, as certified by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) through a certification issued to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
DANGEROUS DRUGS
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1023 – Amending Sec. 36(A) of RA 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, providing qualifications for mandatory drug testing of driver license applicants (Rep. Benhur Salimbangon)
HB 2801 – Amending Sec. 36 of RA 9165, on drug testing (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 1662 – Inquiry into the existing statistical situation of minor Filipinos arrested for drug related offenses (Rep. Jeci Lapus)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY
Time and Venue : 11:00 AM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on the peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4991 - Changing the term of office of barangay officials from three years to five years, amending for the purpose RA 9164, or the law which provides for a synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections and RA 9340, or the law which provides for the resetting of barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections (Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo)
HB 5724 - Fixing the term of barangay officials to five years for two consecutive terms (Rep. Pedro Romualdo)
HB 5991 - Amending Sec. 43 of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of the Philippines, by increasing by two years the term of office of barangay officials (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 6055 - Changing the term of office of all barangay officials from three years to five years and providing a system for recall, amending for the purpose Sec. 43 and Sec. 74, respectively, of RA 7160 (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)
HB 6072 - Setting the term of office of elected barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials, amending Sec. 43 of RA 7160 and Secs. 1 & 2 of RA 9164 (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 5855, 5898 & 5900 – Declaring the Provinces of Southern Leyte, Samar and Nueva Vizcaya as mining-free zones and providing penalties for violations thereof (Reps. Roger Mercado, Ben Evardone and Carlos Padilla)
HR 1136 – Inquiry into the impact of magnetite mining along the coastal shores of Eastern Visayas (Rep. Rafael Mariano)
HR 2029 – Inquiry into the black sand mining activities that are happening in different areas of the country which damage the shorelines and cause community displacement, marine pollution and degradation (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HRs 1530 &1905 – Inquiry into the status of abandoned, inactive, or closed mines in the Philippines (Reps. Sharon Garin and Raymond Palatino)
HR 1361 – Inquiry into the compliance of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to RA 7942, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and other existing laws, particularly on the issuance of exploration permits in forest reserves (Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr.)
HR 2032 – Inquiry into the conflicting national laws and local ordinances on mining (Rep. Sharon Garin)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 5292 - Spurring rural development by strengthening Philippine agriculture through a balanced farm, food, trade and development policies, and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on Draft Substitute Bill to HB 4962 - Strengthening people's participation in institutionalizing "One Town One Product" (OTOP) - based programs and projects through inter-local government unit (LGU) cooperation (Rep. Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales)
TUESDAY, 22-MAY-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Executive Meeting on HR 1731 – Investigation into the humongous losses in several billions of pesos incurred by the Royal Savings Bank/Comsavings Bank (now GSIS Family Bank) due to continuing imprudent and unsound banking operations (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE jt. w/ HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on Draft Substitute Bill to HBs 2182, 3479, 4199 & 4219 and HR 12 - Enhancing the Philippine basic education system by strengthening its curriculum and increasing the number of years for basic education, appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Eulogio 'Amang' Magsaysay, Angelo Palmones, Salvador Escudero III, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Marcelino Teodoro)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Executive Meeting
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NORTH LUZON GROWTH QUADRANGLE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and National Irrigation Administration (NIA) on their 2012 & 2013 budget, programs and projects for Regions I and II and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Briefing by the Bureau of Broadcast Services (BBS) on the broadcast situation of Regions I and II and CAR and on its plans to upgrade the DWFR and Radyo ng Bayan-Bontoc
Briefing by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on the peace talks with the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) and on the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 310 – Insulating the automated election system from the rest of the Commission on Election (COMELEC) organization, other officers of the government, candidates, representatives and agents of candidates and any other person (Rep. Roilo Golez)
HB 3140 – Amending RA 9369, otherwise known as the Automated Election Law, RA 7166 or the Synchronized National and Local Elections and for Electoral Reforms and other related election laws, providing funds therefor (Rep. Marc Douglas Cagas IV)
HB 6008 – Providing for the conduct of election on May 2013 (Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia)
HR 956 – Inquiry into the compliance of the COMELEC of the Supreme Court order mandating it to provide the center for people empowerment in governance (CENPEG) and other interested parties for their independent review of the source codes on the automation elections system technologies (Rep. Pedro Romualdo)
HR 1909 – Inquiry into the plans of the COMELEC to lease new precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the 2013 elections at the cost of P8 billion instead of purchasing the same PCOS machines that were used during the 2010 elections only in the amount of P1.8 billion (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BICOL RECOVERY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Regional Office 5 on the status of the national health insurance program
Briefing by the Region 5 offices of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on their 2012 and 2013 plans and programs
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Executive Meeting
- Committee/SubCommittee:
REVISION OF LAWS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 12 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
VETERANS AFFAIRS & WELFARE
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Report by the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) on the to do list on the Veterans Federation of the Philippines (VFP)
Discussion on the accomplishment and financial report of the Board of Trustees of the Veterans of World War II (BTVWWII)
HR 1378 – Inquiry into the delisting of rural banks as banks accredited by the PVAO (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 1695 – Inquiry into the delay in the processing and release of pensions by the PVAO to veterans-pensioners (Rep. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 1479 & 2538 – Amending RA 7877, otherwise known as the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 (Reps. Luzviminda Ilagan and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRADE & INDUSTRY (Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Trade Regulation)
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / Conf. Rms. 9 &10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on Draft Substitute Bill to HBs 448, 518, 613, 616, 770, 1153, 1225, 1229, 1469, 2726, 3120, 3833, 4404 & 5059 and HR 27 - Granting broader protection for consumers, amending for the purpose RA 7394, otherwise known as the Consumer Act of the Philippines (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Marcelino Teodoro, Edcel Lagman, Luis Villafuerte, Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo, Rufus Rodriguez, Ma. Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa and Tomas Apacible)
MONDAY, 21-MAY-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
REVISION OF LAWS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HBs 1400, 5263, 5664 & 5931 – Increasing the penalties for carnapping, amending for the purpose RA 6539, as amended, otherwise known as the Anti-Carnapping Act of 1972 (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Catalina Bagasina, Jorge ‘Bolet’ Banal and Jeci Lapus)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SOCIAL SERVICES
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on Draft Substitute Bill to HB 4924 - Establishing a comprehensive system for registration and licensing of social welfare and development agencies and accreditation of social welfare and development programs and services (Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas)