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THURSDAY, 26-JANUARY-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HB 1977 – Intensifying stem cell research (Rep. Eufranio ‘Franny’ Eriguel M.D.)
HB 5037 – Providing for the establishment of the Philippine National Stem Cell Research and Storage Center and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Anthony Del Rosario)
HB 5287 – Establishing Stem Cell Center of the Philippines and strengthening research on stem cell technology (Rep. Carmelo Lazatin)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HB 271 – Establishing an Education Trust Fund for grantees of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) members (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HBs 1050, 1399, 1180, 2973, 2975, 3785, 3964, 4966 & 5043 – Further amending PD 1146, as amended by RA 8291, otherwise known as the Revised Government Service Insurance Act of 2007 (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Francisco ‘Lalo’ Matugas, Salvador Escudero III, Edgar San Luis, Erico Aumentado, Linabelle Ruth Villarica and Anthony Del Rosario)
HB 2995 – Granting ad interim authority to the Land Bank of the Philippines to receive payments of GSIS monthly premium contributions from the employees of the government, and to facilitate the payment of benefits, proceeds and claims under RA 8291 (Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 2582 – Granting old-age pension benefit to retirees under RA 1616, as amended, for aged 70 years or over, and providing funds therefor (Rep. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
HB 2583 – Increasing the maternity benefits of women workers in government and in the private sector (Rep. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
HB 3441 – Extending the moratorium period granted by the GSIS last September 2009 by one more year, to expire on September 30, 2011 (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 4846 – Institutionalizing the rights of GSIS members, providing them additional representation in the GSIS board, ensuring prompt payment of all their benefits (Rep. Tomas Apacible)
HB 5150 – Increasing the monthly pension of retirees of the government and adjusting the same every five years to make it at par with the value of peso in relation to the cost of index of prices of basic commodities (Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla)
HB 5569 – Redefining dependents as provided for under the GSIS, amending for the purpose Sec. 2 (B) of RA 8291, otherwise known as the Government Insurance Act of 1997 (Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica)
HB 5570 – Removing the prescriptive period of four (4) years on claims filed by members of the GSIS or its beneficiaries, amending for the purpose Sec. 28 of RA 8291 (Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
Determination of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the grounds for impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo and determination of probable cause based on the charge of plagiarism
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
WEDNESDAY, 25-JANUARY-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
s 737, 3968 & 3980 – Reinstating the mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) in all private and public colleges, universities and similar learning institutions, repealing for the purpose RA 9163, otherwise known as the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2010 (Reps. Eduardo Gullas, Pastor Alcover Jr. and Erico Aumentado)
HB 2355 – Strengthening the social and civic service components of the NSTP through the establishment of additional social and civic service programs available to students by amending and expanding the scope of RA 9163 (Rep. Raymond Palatino)
HB 2488 – Amending RA 9163 (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
INTERPARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS & DIPLOMACY (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 5479 – Maximizing the contribution of indigenous peoples (IPs) to nation building, granting benefits and special privileges to the IPs (Rep. Nancy Catamco)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
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 following issues/concerns affecting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs):
- 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)
- Repatriation/ evacuation of OFWs from Syria
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Philippines and Lebanon concerning the protection of OFWs
- Deployment ban of OFWs in Afghanistan (outside the United States Military Base)
- Deployment of household service workers (HSWs) in Saudi Arabia
Update on the following OFW cases:
- The “Los Angeles 11” case, which is the subject of the Privilege Speech of Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III calling attention to human trafficking cases involving Filipinos in the US
- The case of “Nadia,” an OFW raped in Saudi Arabia, which is part of the report of the Congressional Mission to Saudi Arabia
Presentation by the new POEA administrator, Atty. Hans Leo Cacdac, on the POEA’s 7-point agenda
Discussion on the criteria for the profiling of departing OFWs by Philippine immigration officers at the airports
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on the plans, programs and priority projects of the department as per approved General Appropriation Act of 2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL DEFENSE & SECURITY (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
Consolidated Bill to HBs 384, 1157, 1231, 2216 & 5281 – Creating the Department of Housing, Planning, and Urban Development, defining its powers and functions, rationalizing the government housing system (Reps. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Rodolfo Biazon, Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo, Rodolfo Valencia and Carmelo Lazatin)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1559 – Adopting integrated coastal management as a national strategy to ensure the sustainable development of the country's coastal and marine environment resources and establishing supporting mechanisms for its implementation (Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
HB 841 – Promoting a national strategy for the sustainable development, management, and protection of mangrove resources in the Philippines (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
HB 2861 – Establishing a national mangrove conservation and rehabilitation program covering all identified mangrove areas in the country, and providing institutional support and incentives therefor (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
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:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 4962 – Strengthening civil society organizations’ (CSOs) participation in community development through the institutionalization of "One Village One Product" (OVOP)-based programs of the government (Rep. Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales)
TUESDAY, 24-JANUARY-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 5244, 5306, 5380 & 5578 – Strengthening the National Electrification Administration (NEA), amending for the purpose PD 269, otherwise known as the National Electrification Administration Decree (Reps. Erico Aumentado, Rodel Batocabe, Michael Angelo Rivera and Henedina Abad)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 103 – Inquiry into the missing P170 million funds from the Office of the Presidential Adviser for Peace Process (OPAPP) (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 541 – Inquiry into the alleged unauthorized bonuses that the employees of the OPAPP received in 2009 and other anomalies (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 104 – Inquiry into how the loan from the Agency Francaise De Development of France intended for climate change was used and why it was used for purposes different from what it was intended for (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Preliminary determination of jurisdiction over several measures referred to the Committee
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NORTH LUZON GROWTH QUADRANGLE
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on the mechanics for membership contributions, availment of benefits and other concerns
Briefing by the Department of Health (DOH) on the 2012 budget, programs and priority projects for health centers for Northern Luzon
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC INFORMATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HJR 8 – Extending the tenure of the Congressional Oversight Committee on the Optical Media Board (COC-OMB) until June 30, 2013 (Rep. Ben Evardone)
HBs 1055 & 3838 – Requiring all franchise holders or operators of television stations, producers of television programs, home video programs and motion pictures to have their programs and films broadcast with closed-caption and providing penalties for violation thereof (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Raymond Palatino)
HB 3847 – Enhancing citizens’ access to government information and services by establishing that government documents issued to the public must be written clearly (Rep. Rene Relampagos)
HB 4121 – Requiring the use of sign-language insets for local news programs, amending for the purpose Sec. 22 of RA 7277, as amended, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons (Rep. Teddy Casiño)