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THURSDAY, 22-MARCH-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
WEDNESDAY, 21-MARCH-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW 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 :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION jt. w/ PUBLIC WORKS & HIGHWAYS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HB 5385 – Providing compensation to people adversely affected by the release of water from dams or reservoirs, creating for the purpose the National Dam Safety and Review Board and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing)
HB 5402 – Establishing the Philippine Dam Authority, providing funds therefor (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
HB 5406 – Instituting a National Dam Safety Program, establishing the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA), providing penalties for violations thereof (Rep. Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 1154 – Inquiry into the reported intrusion of military forces belonging to the 3rd Infantry Division – Philippine Army (PA) into the ancestral domain of indigenous people (IPs) in Panay Island (Rep. Rafael Mariano)
HR 1857 – Inquiry into the practice of government soldiers of setting up camp in schools, barangay centers and other public civilian facilities as well as living in the homes and civilian communities in ancestral domains during counter-insurgency operations as exemplified by the recent actions of the PA's 29th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Forum on “Women’s Rights under the Family Code”
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AGRARIAN REFORM
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group output on the Substitute Bill to HB 5593 and HRs 1615 & 1636 – Strengthening and institutionalizing credit, guarantee and insurance support of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to agrarian reform beneficiaries, small farmers and fisherfolk, amending for the purpose Chapter IV of RA 3844, also known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code (Reps. Agapito Guanlao and Nasser Pangandaman)
Privilege Speech - On “CARPing” the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) (Rep. Pryde Henry Teves)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AQUACULTURE & FISHERIES RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HR 1411 – Inquiry into the non-implementation of Sec. 108 of RA 8550, otherwise known as the Philippine Fisheries Code, on the creation and establishment of fisherfolk settlements (Rep. Sharon Garin)
HB 5009 – Providing for the construction of fish ports in the Municipalities of Tongkil, Tapul, Lugus, Kalinggalan Caluang and Siasi, Province of Sulu and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Nur-Ana Sahidulla)
HB 5010 – Establishing a modified mariculture development park in the municipalities of the 2nd Legislative District of the Province of Sulu, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Nur-Ana Sahidulla)
HB 5011 – Providing for the construction of solar fish, squid, and shrimp pavement dryer in all suitable municipalities of the 2nd Legislative District of the Province of Sulu, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Nur-Ana Sahidulla)
HB 5012 – Establishing multi-purpose fish breeding stations and crab, prawn and shrimp hatcheries in all suitable areas in the 2nd Legislative District of the Province of Sulu, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Nur-Ana Sahidulla)
HB 5140 – Declaring Salomague Island in the Province of Ilocos Sur as the fish sanctuary and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Ryan Luis Singson)
HB 5451 – Establishing a fishport in Barangay Centro, Municipality of Abulug, Province of Cagayan and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Baby Aline Vargas-Alfonso)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECOLOGY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 1694 – Inquiry into the non-compliance of fastfood restaurants with the provisions of the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (Rep. Edgar San Luis)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GAMES & AMUSEMENTS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 2245 – Requiring the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to make a presentation regarding the operation of the Loterya ng Bayan (Minority Leader Danilo Suarez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GLOBALIZATION & WTO (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 13 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 964 & 4408 – Creating the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW), defining its powers and functions, appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco, Ph.D. and Anthony Rolando Golez Jr.)
Draft Committee Report on HBs 212, 1164, 4400, 4610 & 4687 – Instituting reforms in the real property valuation and assessment in the Philippines, reorganizing the Bureau of Local Government Finance and appropriating funds therefor (Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, Reps. Rodolfo Biazon, Mel Senen Sarmiento, Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo and Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 468, 1963, 2770, 2845 & 2965 – Reforming and strengthening the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), amending certain provisions of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Reps. Kaka Bag-ao, Raymond Palatino, Marcelino Teodoro, Rachel Marguerite Del Mar and Anthony Rolando Golez Jr.)
HBs 2114, 2534, 3604, 3732, 4568 & 4786 – Abolishing the SK, amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA 7160 (Reps. Florencio Garay, Magtanggol Gunigundo I, Sergio Apostol, Marc Douglas Cagas IV, Deogracias Ramos Jr., and Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia)
HB 5069 – Providing for the election of youth representative to be known as the Kagawad ng Kabataan as regular member of the Sangguniang Barangay, abolishing for the purpose the Sangguniang Kabataan as provided under RA 7160 (Rep. Reynaldo Umali)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 5763 – Naming the Mountain Province Police Provincial Office in the capital town of Bontoc, Mountain Province to Camp Lt. Geronimo F. Montes (Rep. Maximo Dalog)
Briefing by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on the current peace and order situation in the country and its overall plans and programs to counter crimes
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SOUTHERN TAGALOG DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Update on the status of the extension of the South Luzon Expressway from Sto. Tomas, Batangas to the Province of Quezon
HR 951 – Urging the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to enter into an arrangement with the South Luzon Tollway Corp. (SLTC) whereby the SLTC would advance the right-of-way acquisition costs to facilitate the completion of the Sto. Tomas - Lucena Project in order to spur the development of the Southern Tagalog area (Rep. Isidro Rodriguez Jr.)
TUESDAY, 20-MARCH-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 779 – Inquiry into the practices of the International Netherlands Group (ING) Bank N.V. Manila Branch that defrauded Filipino investors of billions of pesos (Rep. Andres Salvacion Jr.)
- 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 :
HR 12 – Inquiry into the propriety of adopting a 12-year education cycle in elementary and high school (basic education) (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 2182 – Prescribing a 12-year basic education curriculum for all public and private school children nationwide, providing guidelines and mechanism for its implementation, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Eulogio ‘Amang’ Magsaysay)
HBs 4199 & 4219 – Enhancing the curriculum and increasing the number of years for basic education, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Salvador Escudero III and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
HB 2789 – Providing for the establishment of a division of city schools in the City of Tagbilaran, Province of Bohol and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rene Relampagos)
HB 4978 – Establishing a separate city schools division office in the City of Victorias, Province of Negros Occidental, amending for the purpose RA 8488, converting the Municipality of Victorias, Negros Occidental into a component city to be known as the City of Victorias (Rep. Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez)
HBs 5007, 5008, 5383, 5696 & 5747 – Establishing national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Eduardo Gullas, Peter ‘Sr. Pedro’ Unabia and Arthur Defensor Jr.)
HB 5266 – Establishing a primary school in Barangay Inoburan in the City of Naga, Province of Cebu to be known as the Inoburan Primary School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Eduardo Gullas)
HBs 2501, 5748, 5749, 5760, 5785, 5804, 5805 & 5806 – Separating and converting national high schools into independent national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Antonio Alvarez, Manuel Agyao, Pedro Acharon Jr. and Eleanor Bulut-Begtang)
HBs 2497, 2500, 5738, 5800, 5842, 5843, 5844 & 5845 – Converting high schools into national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Antonio Alvarez, Ma. Carmen Zamora-Apsay, Florencio Flores Jr. and Maria Valentina Plaza)
HB 3621 – Converting the Balitucan National High School in Barangay San Pablo, Municipality of Magalang, Province of Pampanga into a technical vocational and skills training high school, including its annex in Barangay Balitucan, to be known as Balitucan National Technical Vocational and Skills Training High School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Carmelo Lazatin)
HB 2712 – Changing the name of the Sta. Maria Agro-Industrial High School in the Municipality of Sta. Maria, Province of Bulacan, into the Sta. Maria Agro-Industrial National High School, amending for the purpose RA 8397, otherwise known as the Sta. Maria Agro-Industrial High School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica)
HB 4663 – Changing the name of Canumay National High School in Barangay Canumay, City of Valenzuela to Canumay West National High School (Rep. Rex Gatchalian)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 1026 – Investigation into the reported massive and reprehensible withdrawal of some P400 million Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) funds as well as the anomalous disbursement of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) trust fund by officials of the CAAP vis-à-vis the performance of the agency of its mandates (Rep. Ben Evardone)
HR 1162 – Inquiry into the alleged illegal withdrawals from the funds of the CAAP (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HBs 296, 1204, 4652 & 4743 – Creating a Harbor Pilotage Commission, regulating harbor pilotage services and the conduct of harbor pilots in all ports in the Philippines (Reps. Roilo Golez, Pedro Romualdo, Roger Mercado and Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 4440, 346 & 2188 – Promoting the development of sports in the country, revising for the purpose RA 6847, otherwise known as the Philippine Sports Commission Act (Rep. Renato Unico Jr., Minority Leader Danilo Suarez and Rep. Mark Aeron Sambar)
Substitute Bill to HB 3854 – Exempting from the payment of estate tax, pending the payment of just compensation, all agricultural lands acquired by the government pursuant to any Agrarian Reform Law (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Substitute Bill to HBs 683, 684, 2575, 3363 & 4625 – Strengthening the animal industry and veterinary services in the Philippines (Reps. Nicanor Briones, Rufus Rodriguez, Salvador Escudero III and Mark Llandro Mendoza)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 1975 – Inquiry into the reports that government funds for the educational assistance program of the indigenous cultural communities in the country have been misused (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS jt. w/ TRADE & INDUSTRY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 2002 – Calling for the advancement and expansion of the Memorandum of Understanding establishing the economic corridor linking Subic and Clark special economic zones with the economic processing zones in Taiwan (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
REFORESTATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Privilege Speech – On the Co-Production Agreement of an alleged foreign corporation, Shannalyne, Inc. with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the management of a forest plantation corridor in Caraga (Rep. Pedro Romualdo)
MONDAY, 19-MARCH-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
CIVIL SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 40 – Inquiry into the 100% increase of electricity rates all over Mindanao (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
HR 191 – Inquiry into the Energy Regulatory Commission's (ERC) performance-based regulation (PBR) methodology that favors the continued upward adjustment of electricity rates by both public and private power corporations to the detriment of the public (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HR 415 – Inquiry into the alleged high power rates charged in Iloilo City (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
HR 422 – Investigation into the continuing increase of electricity rates (Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
HR 1021 – Inquiry into the reports that the Philippines has the highest electricity rates in Asia (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 1589 – Urging the ERC to approve and grant the true-up adjustment applied by the National Power Corporation-Small Power Utilities Group (NPC-SPUG) for the test period 2003-2009 (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
Privilege Speech – On the electric power shortage and high electricity rates in Leyte (Rep. Sergio Apostol)
Privilege Speech – On the increase of electricity rates in Mindanao (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL DEFENSE & SECURITY
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 563 – Inquiry into the implementation of RA 9729, otherwise known as the Climate Change Act of 2009, to strengthen disaster risk reduction and management initiatives relative to climate change (Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing)
HR 684 – Urging the Aquino administration to improve the country's disaster preparedness and management measures in light of reports of the country still being ill-equipped to deal with disasters (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 821 – Inquiry into the effective measure/plan/scheme that will combat the damaging effects of natural calamities and avoid recurrent loss of lives and properties (Rep. Roger Mercado)
HR 1053 – Inquiry into the risk reduction measures that the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and concerned local government units (LGUs) in Mindanao have established in hazard prone areas in their respective jurisdictions (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
HR 1072 – Inquiry into the country's preparedness against earthquakes and other related calamities (Rep. Mark Villar)
HR 1078 – Urging the Executive Department to immediately implement a nationwide earthquake drill to simulate a magnitude 9 earthquake scenario (Minority Leader Danilo Suarez)
HR 1080 – Inquiry into the level and status of preparedness of the country to the occurrence of extensive natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and others (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
HR 1083 – Urging the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) to launch a massive nationwide information drive on the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework (NDRRMF) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) in accordance with RA 10121, also known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 (Rep. Jim Hataman-Salliman)
HR 1099 – Inquiry into the nation's preparedness for natural calamities before and after their occurrences with the end in view of formulating an efficient and systematic national scheme of reducing risks to lives and properties (Rep. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
HR 1100 – Inquiry into the preparedness of the National Government and the NDRRMC in addressing all kinds of disasters and emergencies, with the end in view of ensuring the effective implementation of RA 10121 (Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez)
HR 1308 – Urging His Excellency, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, to direct the NDRRMC, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOLCS) and other concerned agencies to implement the recommendations and findings of the Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study (MMEIRS) undertaken by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2002-2004 as pre-emptive measure of mitigating the possible catastrophic impact of an earthquake in Metro Manila (Rep. Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David)
HR 1750 – Urging the chairperson of the NDRRMC and the secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to cause the inclusion in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 10121 the utilization of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRM Fund) to finance the formulation/revision of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) of the local government units (LGUs) as a required disaster prevention and preparedness activity to ensure the adoption and integration of disaster risk reduction and management plans and climate change adaptation strategies to the CLUP (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
HR 2057 – Demanding the National Government to create and install a clear and rational disaster plan that puts premium on disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction in the wake of the recent 'Sendong' tragedy that killed more than 1,000 Filipinos and left some P1 billion worth of damages to infrastructure and livelihood (Rep. Raymond Palatino)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 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 Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HBs 573 & 4092– Instituting the Magna Carta for the Philippine National Police (PNP) (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Erico Aumentado)
HB 634 – Providing for benefits to dependents of members of the PNP, creating the PNP Dependents Welfare Office, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 786 – Providing for educational benefits for the minor children of law enforcement officers who are killed by insurgents or slain in the line of duty (Rep. Aurelio ‘Dong’ Gonzales Jr.)
HB 979 – Fixing the retirement age of the uniformed personnel of the PNP, amending for the purpose RA 6975, otherwise known as the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco, Ph.D.)
HB 2246 – Institutionalizing scholarship grants to members of the PNP and their children (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 2794 – Providing for benefits to PNP personnel and their dependents and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas)