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THURSDAY, 24-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Customs, Tariff and Related Laws)
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
Consolidation of HBs 46, 114, 171, 572, 1694, 3055 & 3786 – Strengthening the anti-smuggling mechanism, amending for the purpose certain provisions of PD 1464, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Pedro Romualdo, Eric Singson Jr., Juan Edgardo Angara, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Salvador Escudero III and Edgar San Luis)
WEDNESDAY, 23-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HB 3560 – Requiring health facilities to provide a price list of its healthcare services including incidental expenses and medical supplies that can be charged in the medical bill (Rep. Roman Romulo)
Committee Report on HR 532 – Investigation into the utilization of the Philhealth reserve fund and the feasibility of using said fund to improve Philhealth services or to augment the Department of Health's budget for assistance to indigent patients and for the upgrading of hospital facilities and equipment (Rep. Romeo Acop)
HBs 911 & 1714 – Institutionalizing a pre-hospital emergency care system, providing for the establishment, supervision and regulation of the pre-hospital emergency care profession (Reps. Susan Yap and Joel Roy Duavit)
HB 2762 – Establishing a 25-bed capacity hospital in the City of Navotas, to be known as the Navotas District Hospital and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Tobias ‘Toby’ Tiangco)
HBs 1202 & 3090 – Granting additional benefits and privileges to Philhealth members, amending RA 7875 (Reps. Marcelino Teodoro and Wilfrido Mark Enverga)
HBs 20, 102 & 655 – Granting additional powers to the Philhealth, amending RA 7875 (Reps. Marcelino Teodoro, Janette Garin and Juan Edgardo Angara)
HBs 1612, 2174, 2711 & 4116 – Amending RA 7875, otherwise known as the National Health Insurance Act of 1995 (Rep. Maria Milagros Magsaysay, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Imelda Calixto-Rubiano and Alfredo Marañon III)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL DEFENSE & SECURITY jt. w/ APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the EU-Philippines Justice Support Programme (EP-JUST) on the German rehabilitation and compensation mechanisms for the victims of East German Totalitarians
Substitute Bill to HBs 54, 97, 302, 954 & 1693 – Providing compensation to victims of human rights violations during the Marcos regime, appropriating funds therefor (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Minority Leader Edcel Lagman, Reps. Walden Bello and Teodoro Casiño)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4186 – Amending RA 7924, creating the Metro Manila Development Authority, defining its powers and functions and providing funds therefor (Rep. Tobias ‘Toby’ Tiangco)
Committee Report on HR 379 – Inquiry into the reported indiscriminate issuance of franchises to buses and all other public transport vehicles in Metro Manila (Rep. Tobias ‘Toby’ Tiangco)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
MUSLIM AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 679 - Investigation into the plight of Muslim Filipinos, during the yearly Hajj at Mecca so that remedial measures could be undertaken to address the many concerns of Muslim Filipinos who join the yearly Hajj (Rep. Nur Jaafar)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC WORKS & HIGHWAYS
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 3658, 3753, 3742, 3756, 3804, 3805, 3806, 3807, 3808, 3809 3810, 3829, 3830 & 3831, 3819, 3842 & 3843, 3855, 3872, 3873, 3874, 3875 & 4120, 3879, 3880, 3881, 3882, 3883, 3884, 3885, 3886, 3887, 3888, 3889, 3890, 3891, 3892, 3893 & 3894, 3895, 3896, 3897, 3898, 3899, 3900, 3901, 3902, 3903 & 3904, 3929, 3994, 3995, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015 & 4016, 4029, 4102, 4118, 4123, 4135 & 4167 – Converting provincial, municipal and city roads into national roads in various parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Rodolfo Albano, Andres Salvacion, Salvador Escudero III, Ma. Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa, Rodolfo Fariñas, Napoleon Dy, Carmelo Lazatin, Mark Villar, Enrique Cojuangco, Anthony Rolando Golez Jr., Jorge ‘Bolet’ Banal, Jesus Emmanuel Paras, Mel Senen Sarmiento, Bernardo Vergara, Fatima Aliah Dimaporo, Rene Relampagos, Erico Aumentado, Florencio Miraflores, Deputy Speaker Raul Daza and Rep.Edgar San Luis)
HB 1485 – Providing for the construction of public restrooms along national and provincial highways throughout the country and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Salvador Escudero III)
Briefing by the Road Board of the Department Public Works & Highways (DPWH)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Customs, Tariff and Related Laws) (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
Consolidation of HBs 46, 114, 171, 572, 1694, 3055 & 3786 – Strengthening the anti-smuggling mechanism, amending for the purpose certain provisions of PD 1464, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Pedro Romualdo, Eric Singson Jr., Juan Edgardo Angara, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Salvador Escudero III and Edgar San Luis)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION jt. w/ TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 172 – Investigation into the proposed Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) fare hikes (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HR 520 – Inquiry into the propriety of the looming MRT and LRT fare hikes ostensibly to fund the rising cost of operations and maintenance of these systems amidst widespread allegations of corruption attending their management and operations (Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo I)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION jt. w/ TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 172 – Investigation into the proposed Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) fare hikes (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HR 520 – Inquiry into the propriety of the looming MRT and LRT fare hikes ostensibly to fund the rising cost of operations and maintenance of these systems amidst widespread allegations of corruption attending their management and operations (Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo I)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 1876 – Establishing a student assistance program by banks and government financial institutions (Rep. Roman Romulo)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 2677 – Providing for the reinstatement of the original area of Biak na Bato National Park in the Province of Bulacan for its preservation and protection (Rep. Joselito ‘Jon-jon’ Mendoza)
HR 381 – Investigation into the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) approval of the allegedly illegal operations of the Rosemoor Mining and Development Corp. in San Miguel, Bulacan despite the opposition of local and provincial officials and the people (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
TUESDAY, 22-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
DANGEROUS DRUGS and the Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 &15
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3990 – Providing for criminal liability among officers and members of the military, police and other law enforcement agencies for drug use, amending for the purpose Secs. 15 and 36 of RA 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.)
HR 829 – Investigation into the increasing incidents of Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel being caught for illegal drug use (Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.)
Update on drug cases involving PNP/ military personnel
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 97 – Inquiry into the anti-consumer move of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) to pass on P470.865 billion of its debts and expenses to electricity consumers (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HR 106 – Investigation into the financial condition and funding of the National Power Corporation (NPC) and the PSALM, the status and schedule of payments of NPC's stranded debts and stranded contract costs, and PSALM's personnel salaries and other incentives (Rep. Ben Evardone)
HR 199 – Inquiry into the debts of PSALM in an effort to lower power rates (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE jt. w/ FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LAND USE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4122 – Amending Sec. 283 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 on the disposition of national internal revenue taxes for internal revenue allotment of local government units (LGUs) (Rep. Hermilando Mandanas)
HB 3122 – Converting the Western Visayas College of Science and Technology into a state university with campuses in the Municipalities of Barotac Nuevo, Dumangas, Leon and Miag-ao, all located in the Province of Iloilo and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
HB 3538 – Converting the Kalinga-Apayao State College in the City of Tabuk, Province of Kalinga into a state university and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Manuel Agyao)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE
Time and Venue : 10:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 849 – Urging the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to immediately resolve the alarming wave of criminal activity spurred by the unabated incidents of carnapping committed by criminal syndicates operating with impunity throughout the country (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
HRs 652, 653, 660 & 728 and Privilege Speeches No. 122 & 156 – Inquiry into the killing of Leonardo L. Co, one of the country’s foremost plant taxonomist and his two companions last November 15, 2010, in Kananga, Leyte (Reps. Angelo Palmones, Rafael Mariano, Teodoro Casiño, Rufus Rodriguez and Antonio Tinio)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS jt. w/ MUSLIM AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4062 – Providing for an ARMM Plebiscite Act of 2011 (Rep. Nur Jaafar)
HB 4146 – Providing for the synchronization of the elections and the term of office of the elective officials of the ARMM with those of the national and other local officials, amending for the purpose RA 9333, which fixes the date for regular elections of elective officials of the ARMM (Rep. Bai Sandra Sema)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRADE & INDUSTRY jt. w/ ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HB 1224 – Institutionalizing corporate social responsibility, providing incentives therefor (Rep. Diosdado Arroyo)
Substitute Bill to HBs 549, 913, 1007, 1583, 1733, 1980, 3100, 3134, 3244, 3476, 3534 & 3985 – Penalizing anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant power, and anti-competitive mergers, establishing the Philippine Fair Competition Commission and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Juan Ponce Enrile Jr., Susan Yap, Antonio Alvarez, Diosdado Arroyo, Marcelino Teodoro, Rufus Rodriguez, Albert Raymond Garcia and Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Reynaldo Umali, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III and Eduardo Gullas)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Local Government Taxation & Finance)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 404, 3200 & 3787– Promoting the local arts and entertainment industry by providing corporate tax breaks (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Sigfrido Tinga and Teodoro Casiño)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 3301, 3721 & 3761 – Amending RA 3815, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, as amended, on adultery and concubinage (Reps. Josephine Veronique Lacson-Noel, Linabelle Ruth Villarica and Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia)
HB 3962 – Amending RA 6949, declaring March 08 of every year as “National Women’s Day” a non-working holiday (Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan)
Privilege Speech on the equality of women and men under the law, specifically on the subject of adultery and concubinage (Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica)
MONDAY, 21-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECOLOGY
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 &15
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the Laguna Lake rehabilitation project
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 1502 & 3797 – Amending PD 612, otherwise known as the Insurance Code, as amended (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Hermilando Mandanas)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 309 – Directing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to conduct a performance evaluation of Philippine posts (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
echnical Working Group meeting on HBs 1198 & 1712 – Providing for the special protection of children involved in, affected by or displaced by armed conflict, providing penalties for its violations (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro and Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle ‘Beng’ Climaco)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POVERTY ALLEVIATION jt. w/ HEALTH
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
Forum on the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) and the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the government
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Customs, Tariff and Related Laws)
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 46, 114, 171, 572, 1694, 3055 & 3786 – Strengthening the anti-smuggling mechanism, amending for the purpose certain provisions of PD 1464, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Pedro Romualdo, Eric Singson Jr., Juan Edgardo Angara, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Salvador Escudero III and Edgar San Luis)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AQUACULTURE & FISHERIES RESOURCES (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Time and Venue : 02:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)