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THURSDAY, 10-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the preparations for the Women’s Month in March
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM whole day / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
WEDNESDAY, 09-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HB 78 – Establishing the Mariveles District Hospital in the Province of Bataan and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Albert Raymond Garcia)
Committee Report on HB 103 – Converting the Western Visayas Medical Center into a government-owned and controlled hospital corporation with the San Joaquin Municipal Hospital as its subsidiary and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Janette Garin)
Committee Report on HB 253 - Providing for the upgrade and modernization of the J.R. Borja City Memorial Hospital as an extension hospital of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental, and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Committee Report on HB 425 –Increasing the minimum bed capacity of the Zamboanga City Medical Center from 250 to 500, amending for the purpose Sec. 2 of RA 7272 (Rep. Erico Basilio Fabian)
Committee Report on HB 884 – Converting the Western Visayas Sanitarium and Leprosarium in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo into the President Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Hospital and Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, defining its powers and functions, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco)
Committee Report on HB 1024 – Providing for the upgrade and modernization as well as increasing the bed capacity of Severo Verallo Memorial District Hospital at Taytayan, City of Bogo, Province of Cebu, from 50 to 100 bed capacity and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Benhur Salimbangon)
Committee Report on HB 1490 – Converting the Calbayog City District Hospital as an extension of the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center in Tacloban City and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento)
Committee Report on HB 1999 – Establishing a 30-bed capacity hospital in the 2nd District of Antipolo City, to be known as the Antipolo 2nd District Hospital and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Romeo Acop)
HBs 87, 265, 1628 & 3544 – Ensuring that every Filipino is granted with basic healthcare services, providing for a mandatory universal healthcare coverage, amending Sec. 29 of RA 7875, otherwise known as the National Health Insurance Act of 1995 (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Eufranio ‘Franny’ Eriguel M.D. and Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David)
HBs 150, 210, 495, 1847, 3142, 3143, 3144, 3405 & 3499 –Requiring the mandatory coverage of accredited barangay health workers in the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) under the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth), amending RA 7883, otherwise known as the Barangay Health Workers’ Benefits and Incentives Act of 1995 (Rep. Ben Evardone, Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Bernadette Herrera-Dy, Marcelino Teodoro, Maria Carmen Zamora-Apsay, George Arnaiz and Imelda Calixto-Rubiano)
HBs 637, 1854 & 2441 – Instituting mechanisms for the establishment of a children’s health insurance program, amending RA 7875 (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Marcelino Teodoro, Ignacio Arroyo Jr.)
HBs 961 & 1267, 1965 – Requiring the mandatory coverage of all househelpers in the NHIP under the Philhealth (Reps. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D. and Mark Villar)
HBs 1567 & 2099 – Granting compulsory coverage to accredited barangay health workers in the NHIP and/or the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) (Reps. Bernadette Herrera-Dy and Mark Villar)
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)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
Forum on cyber crime prevention
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
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:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE jt. w/ HUMAN RIGHTS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM whole day / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HBs 307, 440 & 628 – Defining the use and protection of the red cross, red crescent, red crystal and red lion and sun emblems, providing penalties for violations thereof (Reps. Roilo Golez, Juan Edgardo Angara and Simeon Datumanong)
Committee Report on HBs 214, 237, 1767, 2438, 2681, 2795 & 3834 – Authorizing the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul General to correct clerical or typographical error in the family name, date of birth or sex of a person appearing in the civil register without need of a judicial order, amending for the purpose RA 9048 or the Clerical Error Law (Reps. Magtanggol Gunigundo I, Pedro Romualdo, Florencio Miraflores, Mercedez Alvarez, Rogelio Espina M.D., George Arnaiz and Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
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:
NATIONAL DEFENSE & SECURITY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
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:
HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 154, 1161 & 3278 – Creating a Local Housing Board in every city and municipality, prescribing its powers, duties and functions (Reps. Edwin Olivares, Rodolfo Biazon and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
Substitute Bill to HBs 215 & 915 – Amending PD 957, regulating the sale of subdivision lots and condominiums by increasing the penalties for violations thereof (Reps. Magtanggol Gunigundo I and Susan Yap)
HR 443 – Inquiry into the housing units that were built and intended to address the country's housing need but remain unoccupied to this day (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
HR 568 – Inquiry into the non-performing assets of certain key shelter agencies with the end in view of converting these into cash and augmenting the meager funding sources for housing (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 110, 442, 635, 586, 910, 1491, 1831, 1887, 2361, 2671 & 2763– Providing for the direct remittance to the host local government unit of its 40% share of the gross collection derived by the national government from national wealth taxes, amending for the purpose certain Sections of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Rufus Rodriguez, Ronald Cosalan, Mel Senen Sarmiento, Bernardo Vergara, Ben Evardone, Ronald Singson, Teodorico Haresco Jr. and George Arnaiz)
HBs 445, 2075 & 2702 – Creating barangays in certain parts of the country (Reps. Florencio Garay, Manuel Agyao and Jeci Lapus)
HBs 1989 & 3811 – Converting municipalities into component cities in certain parts of the country (Reps. Erineo Maliksi and Justin Marc Chipeco)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 736, 1618, 1004 & 2448 – Declaring as agricultural land certain parcels of land of the public domain situated in certain parts of the country (Reps. Eduardo Gullas, Florencio Miraflores, Susan Yap and Seth Frederick Jalosjos)
HBs 901, 902, 951, 1087, 1710 & 2192– Reclassifying certain portions of land in various parts of the country as alienable and disposable lands (Reps. Florencio Garay, Susan Yap, Philip Pichay, Rogelio Espina M.D., and Emil Ong)
HB 1626 – Fixing the limits of forest lands and alienable and disposable lands within five kilometers from either side of the Aspiras Highway (formerly known as Marcos Highway) from Agoo, La Union to Baguio City, repealing for the purpose Proclamation No. 1754 (Rep. Eufranio ‘Franny’ Eriguel M.D.)
HB 2891 – Modifying the boundaries covered by the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS) and Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park Act of 2001 in the Municipalities of Ilagan and Divilacan, all in the Province of Isabela, amending for the purpose RA 7586 and RA 9125 (Rep. Rodolfo Albano)
HB 3251 – Setting aside 8,000 hectares more or less from the Naujan Lake National Park in Oriental Mindoro (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HB 1199 – Providing for the disclosure of lobbying activities (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
Briefing by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
TUESDAY, 08-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 96, 101, 513, 1160, 1520 & 3387 – Providing for a national policy on reproductive health, responsible parenthood and population development (Minority Leader Edcel Lagman, Reps. Janette Garin, Kaka Bag-ao, Rodolfo Biazon, Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph.D. and Luzviminda Ilagan)
Substitute Bill to HBs 1510 & 1960– Providing for early voting to qualified members of the media (Reps. Marcelino Teodoro and Teodoro Casiño)
HB 38 in consolidation with HBs 1964 & 2094 – Granting retirement, health care and death benefits to professional Filipino athletes who win world championship titles in international professional sports competitions or in other equally prestigious international championship games and providing funds therefor (Reps. Pedro Acharon Jr., Mark Villar and Mark Aeron Sambar )
HB 601 – Providing for the payment of the administrative total disability pension to senior veterans of wars and military campaigns (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 2722 – Providing for early voting for the national and local elections (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 3984 - Providing for a compensation and position classification system for all personnel of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) and government financial institutions (GFIs) exempted from RA 6758, otherwise known as the Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989 (Rep. Romeo Acop)
HBs 4041, 4051 & 4067 - Promoting financial viability and fiscal discipline in GOCCs and strengthening the role of the State in its governance and management to make them more responsive to the needs of public interest (Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BASES CONVERSION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1163 – Amending RA 7227, otherwise known as the Bases Conversion and Development Act of 1992, as amended, expanding the allocation of revenues from the sale, lease, joint-venture agreements and other transactions involving military bases and reservations and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
HR 503 – Inquiry into the pending cases against the Clark Development Corporation (Rep. Jeci Lapus)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
DANGEROUS DRUGS and the Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM whole day / 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.)
- 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:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY jt. w/ HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HRs 316, 324, 338, 343, 348 & 375 – Inquiry into allegations of fraud and abuses of the Home Development Mutual Funds (Pag-IBIG Funds) (Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, Reps. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., Jeci Lapus, Aurelio ‘Dong’ Gonzales Jr., Rufus Rodriguez and Amado Bagatsing)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on 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:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM whole day / Nograles Hall, South Wing, Annex Building
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for Confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1977 – Intensifying stem cell research (Rep. Eufranio ‘Franny’ Eriguel, M.D.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
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, 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 & 3332 – 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, Danilo Suarez and Eric Singson)
HBs 3465, 3489 & 3666 – Restructuring the excise tax on tobacco products, amending for the purpose pertinent sections of the NIRC of 1997, as amended (Reps. Henedina Abad, Niel Tupas Jr. and Paolo Javier)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BICOL RECOVERY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 13
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on its plans for Region 5 and by the Department of Social Welfare and Development on the conditional cash transfer program in Region 5
- Committee/SubCommittee:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
Deliberation on the Constitution’s provisions on the Civil Service Commission, Accountability of Public Officials and Transitory Provisions by the Committee’s study group no. 4 in relation to the proposals to amend the Constitution
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 1113, 1708 & 1742 – Promoting the establishment of micro business enterprises (MBEs), providing incentives and benefits therefor, amending for the purpose RA 9178, otherwise known as the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises Act of 2002 (Reps. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Tomas Apacible and Roman Romulo)
HB 1816 – Limiting the number of years of exemption from the coverage of the Minimum Wage Law given to barangay micro business enterprises to two years renewable for another two years, amending for the purpose RA 9178 (Rep. Emmeline Aglipay)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 49 & 403 – Strengthening the political party system and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 694 – Expanding the grounds for declaring a person who filed a certificate of candidacy a nuisance candidate, amending Sec. 69 of BP 881, as amended, otherwise known as the Omnibus Election Code (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 2877 – Declaring an elective official ipso facto resigned from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy (Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 3018 – Disqualifying any person who has been defeated in three consecutive elections from running for the same public office, amending for the purpose BP 881, otherwise known as the Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines (Rep. Salvador Escudero III)
HB 3629 – Mandating that appointive public officials are considered resigned from their offices upon their filing of the certificate of candidacy for any elective public position (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRADE & INDUSTRY jt. w/ ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3148 – Providing for the establishment, operation and maintenance of a women’s center in the Province of Dinagat Islands (Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr.)
HB 3151 – Establishing Resource Development and Crisis Assistance Centers for women and children in every province and city and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr.)
HB 3447 – Amending RA 8505, otherwise known as the Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998 (Rep. Ma. Angelica Amante-Matba)
MONDAY, 07-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AQUACULTURE & FISHERIES RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HBs 176, 203, 207, 208, 209, 300, 444, 1518, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 3374 & 3674 – Amending RA 8550, otherwise known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 (Reps. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Luis Villafuerte, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Roilo Golez, Florencio Garay, Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D., Mel Senen Sarmiento, Irvin Alcala and Tobias ‘Toby’ Tiangco)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
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:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Customs, Tariff and Related Laws)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 3224 & 3760 – Prescribing the Customs and Tariff Modernization Act of 2010 (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Reynaldo Umali)
HR 709 - Inquiry into the possible anomalies by officials of the Bureau of Customs in connivance with the manufacturers and distributors of imported vehicles which were either assembled here in the country or completely imported for causing the undervaluation of taxes and duties assessed on said vehicles in the period 2007 till the present thereby resulting in billions of pesos in lost revenues for the government (Rep. Maria Milagros Magsaysay)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECOLOGY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 &15
Agenda/Resource Person :
HRs 113, 203 & 303 – Investigation into the P18.7 billion loan agreement between the Philippine government and Fortis Bank of Belgium intended for the Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project and its impact on the lives of the people and environment (Reps. Danilo Ramon Fernandez, Rafael Mariano and Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 177 – Inquiry into the continuing deterioration of Laguna Lake in order to ensure its sustainability (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HBs 654, 2124 & 3435 – Amending RA 8239, otherwise known as the Philippine Passport Act of 1996 (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Pedro Romualdo and Al Francis Bichara)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HBs 23 & 24, 148, 1195, 1320, 1326 & 1333 & 2689 – Providing for a Magna Carta of the Poor (Reps. Rachel Marguerite Del Mar, Ben Evardone, Marcelino Teodoro, Rodante Marcoleta and Peter ‘Sr. Pedro’ Unabia)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRADE & INDUSTRY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the Substitute Bill to HB 1224 – Institutionalizing corporate social responsibility, providing incentives therefor (Rep. Diosdado Arroyo)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Tax Administration)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3927 – Simplifying the availment of the gross income tax for corporations, amending Sec. 27 (A) of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as amended (Rep. Hermilando Mandanas)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Time and Venue : 02:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 13
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the preparations for the Women’s Month in March