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THURSDAY, 03-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS jt. w/ FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HBs 3001, 3023 & 3201 – Amending RA 9189, otherwise known as the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 (Reps. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Salvador Escudero III and Walden Bello)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC INFORMATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on Freedom of Information Bills
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 13
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the preparations for the Women’s Month in March
WEDNESDAY, 02-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 698 & 3323 – Further strengthening the Anti-Money Laundering Law, amending RA 9160, otherwise known as the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Roilo Golez)
HBs 1502 & 3797 – Amending PD 612, otherwise known as the Insurance Code, as amended (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Hermilando Mandanas)
HB 1686 – Strengthening non-stock savings and loan associations, amending for the purpose RA 8367, otherwise known as the Revised Non-Stock Savings and Loan Association Act of 1997 (Rep. Rachel Marguerite Del Mar)
HBs 2672 & 2988 – Amending Sec. 385 of PD 1460, as amended by PD 1455, otherwise known as the Insurance Code of the Philippines (Reps. Teodorico Haresco Jr. and Joseph Victor Ejercito
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 45, 84, 487, 845, 2176, 3103, 3146, 3249, 3462, 3485, 3596, 3602 & 3638 – Providing for sustainable forest management (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Susan Yap, Juan Edgardo Angara, Angelo Palmones, Danilo Ramon Fernandez, Ignacio Arroyo Jr., Jesus ‘Boying’ Celeste, Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr., Mel Senen Sarmiento, Diosdado Arroyo and Arthur Defensor Jr.)
Substitute Bills to HBs 3206, 60 & 2157, 126, 142, 163 & 688, 335, 525, 526 & 527, 619, 1108, 1115, 1174, 1315, 1407, 1455, 1482, 1904, 2049, 2178 & 2179, 2226, 2395, 2720, 2721, 3060, 3229, 3256 & 3459 – Creating additional branches of the Metropolitan and/or Regional Trial Courts in various provinces, amending for the purpose Batas Pambansa 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 (Reps. Rodolfo Albano, Karlo Alexei Nograles, Maria Carmen Zamora-Apsay, Sonny Collantes, Magtanggol Gunigundo I, Rex Gatchalian, Luis Villafuerte, Eduardo Gullas, Juan Edgardo Angara, Eleandro Jesus Madrona, Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Niel Tupas Jr., Florencio Garay, Rufus Rodriguez, Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle ‘Beng’ Climaco, Reps. Benhur Salimbangon, Roy Loyola, Justin Marc Chipeco, Manuel Agyao, Tobias ‘Toby’ Tiangco, Janette Garin, Alfredo Marañon III, Danilo Ramon Fernandez, Rodolfo Biazon, Jeffrey Ferrer and Victorino Dennis Socrates)
Substitute Bill to HBs 7, 211, 353 & 1203 – Providing for a comprehensive hazardous and radioactive wastes management, providing penalties for violations thereof (Rep. Irvin Alcala, Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, Reps. Susan Yap and Marcelino Teodoro)
Substitute Bill to HBs 112, 836, 1503 & 3194 – Strengthening the ladderized interface between Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and higher education (Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, Reps. Mark Villar, Marcelino Teodoro and Bernadette Herrera-Dy)
HB 57 – Establishing marine protected areas in all coastal municipalities and cities (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
HB 164 – Setting the Philippine Standard Time (PST) in all official sources throughout the country and providing funds for the installation, operation and maintenance of synchronized time devices to be displayed in key public places; declaring the first week of every year as “National Time Consciousness Week” (Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo I)
HB 3469 – Requiring all registered voters whose biometrics have not been captured to appear before the election officer of their place of registration for purposes of having their photographs, fingerprints and signatures captured through the method of biometrics (Rep. Susan Yap)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
CIVIL SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 228 – Regulating the practice of environmental planning, repealing for the purpose PD 1308, which regulates the environmental planning profession in the Philippines (Rep. Amado Bagatsing)
HB 3051 – Regulating the practice of plumbing engineering in the Philippines (Rep. Salvador Escudero III)
HBs 3116 & 3678– Conferring the appropriate civil service eligibility upon a member of the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlunsod and Sangguniang Panlalawigan who has served for at least three consecutive terms in office (Reps. Isidro Rodriguez Jr. and Daryl Grace Abayon)
HR 213 – Investigation into the alleged questionable appointments and other irregularities in the Professional Regulation Commission (Rep. Carlos Padilla)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1715 – Privatizing the operations of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) (Rep. Danilo Suarez)
HR 712 – Inquiry into the ownership of the MRT 3 (Rep. Jeci Lapus)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 85, 167, 364, 383, 511 & 3376 – Defining cybercrime, providing for its prevention and suppression, and imposing penalties therefor (Reps. Susan Yap, Eric Singson Jr., Marcelino Teodoro, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Juan Edgardo Angara and Mariano Michael Velarde Jr.)
HB 1444 – Prohibiting cybersex and providing penalties for violation thereof (Rep. Carmelo Lazatin)
HB 2279 – Penalizing the use of computers to commit, facilitate or conceal the commission of a crime (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 244 & 2545 – Establishing the center for studies on indigenous cultural communities and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 1347 - Providing for the establishment of a nationwide scholarship program for indigenous peoples (IPs) and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
HB 1635 - Protecting the rights of IPs affected by mining operations in ancestral domains, amending for the purpose RA 7942, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Time and Venue : 11:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 311 – Urging His Excellency, President Benigno C. Aquino III to immediately privatize IBC-13 and RPN-9 to infuse needed funds to the Philippine Government (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AGRARIAN REFORM
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1012 – Increasing the cash payment given to landowners as compensation for lands covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, amending for the purpose RA 6657, as amended, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Act of 1998 (Rep. Florencio Garay)
HB 1013 – Amending RA 6657, providing for a shorter maturity period for Land Bank of the Philippines bonds given to landowners (Rep. Florencio Garay)
HB 3854 – Exempting from the payment of estate taxes agricultural lands taken under PD 27, EO 228, EO 229, RA 6657 & RA 9700 (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AQUACULTURE & FISHERIES RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 811, 2659 & 3156 – Establishing the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Center in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D., Antonio Del Rosario and Arnulfo Go)
HB 1169 – Establishing research stations for fish breeding and/ or hatchery for grouper, prawn, lobster, crab and other high-value marine species in certain municipalities in the Province of Surigao Del Norte, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Francisco Matugas)
HB 3082 – Establishing a seaweed processing plant in the Province of Sulu and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Nur-Ana Sahidulla)
HBs 3123 & 3124 – Providing for the construction of fish ports in the Municipalities of Gamay and San Roque in the Province of Northern Samar and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Emil Ong)
HB 3125 – Establishing a mariculture development park in certain municipalities in the Province of Northern Samar and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Emil Ong)
HB 3449 – Establishing a mariculture development park in certain municipalities in the Province of Catanduanes and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Cesar Sarmiento)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECOLOGY
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:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 & 10
Agenda/Resource Person :
HJRs 2 & 13 – Expressing the approval by both Houses of Congress on the Philippine National Police (PNP) reorganization plan pursuant to RA 8551, which provides for the reform and reorganization of the PNP and amending certain provisions of RA 6975, which establishes the PNP under a reorganized Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) (Reps. Joseph Emilio Abaya and Rodolfo Antonino)
HRs 277, 279, 280, 281, 285, 286, 289, 290, 292, 294, 304, 313, 321, 347, 394 & 588 – Investigation into the manner of handling the hostage-taking incident last August 23, 2010 at the City of Manila involving former police officer Rolando Mendoza (Reps. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo, Mark Villar, Erico Aumentado, Mary Mitzi Cajayon, Bernadette Herrera-Dy, Kaka Bag-ao, Catalina Leonen-Pizzaro, Amado Bagatsing, Romeo Acop, Teodoro Casiño, Marc Douglas Cagas IV, Niel Tupas Jr., Salvio Fortuno and Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 13
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 1199 – Providing for the disclosure of lobbying activities (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
TUESDAY, 01-FEBRUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 &15
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 281 – Conserving, promoting and popularizing the nation’s historical and cultural heritage and resources, as well as artistic creations by exacting a performance fee from foreign performers and allocating the proceeds thereof to the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (Rep. Roilo Golez)
HB 1166 – Institutionalizing the local government heritage award, providing funds therefor (Rep. Francisco ‘Lalo’ Matugas)
HB 1414 – Declaring as national heroes those who led the revolution against Spain and the United States in Mindanao (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 3930 – Declaring May 2011 to May 2012 as “Dr. Jose Rizal Renaissance Year” (Rep. Seth Jalosjos)
HB 3938 – Declaring Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame as historical and national cultural treasures (Rep. Hermilando Mandanas)
HB 128 – Granting public elementary and high school teachers non-wage benefits in the form of free tertiary education in any state college or university for one dependent child (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)
HB 2180 – Creating plantilla position in the Department of Education for volunteer educators with at least five years of continuous service in the public school system and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Eulogio ‘Amang’ Magsaysay)
HB 1828 – Limiting the weight of bags carried by children in school and implementing measures to protect their health from the adverse effect of heavy school bag (Rep. Carmelo Lazatin)
HBs 2062, 2063, 2170, 2171, 2210, 2211, 2317 & 2318 – Establishing national high schools in various parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Isidro Ungab, Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo, Maria Evita Arago and Rosendo Labadlabad)
HBs 1875, 2342 & 2344 – Separating and converting national high schools into independent national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Benhur Salimbangon, Mel Senen Sarmiento and Eleandro Jesus Madrona)
HRs 236 & 751 – Calling for the return by the United States government of the three bells of Balangiga and other artifacts taken from the Province of Samar as war booty during the Philippine-American War (Reps. Teodoro Casiño and Ben Evardone)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 9 &10
Agenda/Resource Person :
Privilege Speech on the plea bargaining agreement entered into between General Carlos Garcia and the government represented by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Rep. Roilo Golez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3992 – Adopting the simplified net income taxation scheme for individuals engaged in trade/business and/or practice of profession, amending for the purpose the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as amended (Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao)
HB 01 – Exempting all manufacturers and importers of hybrid vehicles from payment of certain taxes (Rep. Ronald Singson)
HBs 869 & 3210 – Requiring all government agencies, instrumentalities, local government units, government-owned and/or controlled corporations and private establishments to use security paper made from indigenous materials or water-marked security paper in their receipts and invoices, permits, licenses, clearances, official papers or documents (Reps. Simeon Datumanong & Mariano Michael Velarde Jr.)
HB 3816 – Exempting the Cities Development Initiative for Asia or its successors from payment of gift, franchise, specific, percentage, real property, exchange, import, export and other taxes and the members of its scientific and technical staff from payment of income and value added tax (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
HB 293 - Increasing the rate of duty on imported tobacco, cigarette paper, tipping paper and filter rods used in making cigars and cigarettes, amending for the purpose PD 1464, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended (Rep. Danilo Suarez)
HBs 294, 1755, 2692, 2868 & 3113 – Mandating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to exclusively investigate, prosecute and handle tax and tax related cases, amending Section 220 of RA 8424, otherwise known as the Tax Reform Act of 1997 (Reps. Danilo Suarez, Salvador Escudero III, Luis Villafuerte & Giorgidi Aggabao)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical 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:
LAND USE
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 414, 478, 722, 829, 1233, 1348, 1695 & 3533 – Instituting a National Land Use Policy, providing the framework and implementing mechanisms therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Kaka Bag-ao, Rufus Rodriguez, Diosdado Arroyo, Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo, Aurora Enerio-Cerilles, Rodolfo Biazon and Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 &15
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Insurance Commission, Department of Finance, Bureau of Internal Revenue and Philippine Stock Exchange on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 9505 or the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) Act of 2008 and RA 9856 or the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Act of 2009
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
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. 6
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS jt. w/ MUSLIM AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3542 – Resetting the regular elections for elective officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to coincide with the general elections to be held on the 2nd Monday of May 2013 (Rep. Pangalian Balindong)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
YOUTH & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 5
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) on the state of Philippine sports
HB 474 – Creating the Philippine Sports University (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 2830 – Establishing a community fitness center in every barangay nationwide and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HB 3164 – Revitalizing the conduct and strengthening the administration of Palarong Pambansa and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez)
HBs 79, 597 & 3095 – Establishing multi-purpose sports complex in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Albert Raymond Garcia, Roberto Puno and Wilfrido Mark Enverga)
HB 329 – Establishing the Bicol Sports Academy in the Province of Camarines Sur and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Luis Villafuerte)
HB 1127 – Establishing the Southern Leyte Sports Academy in the Province of Southern Leyte and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Roger Mercado)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ETHICS & PRIVILEGES
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
Agenda/Resource Person :
Continuation of the initial review on Case No. LC-01-10: complaint against Akbayan Party List Rep. Walden Bello, filed by Reps. Marc Douglas Cagas, et al., for unparliamentary language and indecorous remarks amounting to serious disorderly behavior
Initial deliberation on Case No. LC-02-10: “Sarah Teresa Bonnin Ocampo vs. Rep. Eulogio R. Magsaysay,” for serious misconduct, grave abuse of authority and conduct unbecoming of a high-ranking public official and solicitation of favor
Deliberation on Rule XIX (Code of Conduct) of the House Rules
- Committee/SubCommittee:
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
MONDAY, 31-JANUARY-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Customs, Tariff and Related Laws)
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 11
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:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Tax Administration)
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 12
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:
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 7 & 8
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 398 – Establishing an emergency measure to alleviate the plight of coconut farmers adversely affected by low prices of copra and other coconut products and providing funds therefor (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 1038 – Revitalizing the coconut industry and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Florencio Noel)
HBs 3515 & 3864 – Amending Secs. 4, 5 and 8 of RA 8048, otherwise known as the Coconut Preservation Act of 1995 (Reps. Danilo Suarez and Sharon Garin)
HB 3917 – Granting subsidy to coconut farmers (Rep. Loreto ‘Leo’ Ocampos)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GAMES & AMUSEMENTS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 1 & 2
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 68 – Investigation into the non-remittance of small town lottery (STL) revenues leading to loss of localized funding assistance for health and developmental projects (Rep. Danilo Ramon Fernandez)
HR 447 – Investigation into the number games operations of Meridien Vista Gaming, Inc., and its beneficial owner Mr. Charlie ‘Atong’ Ang, leading to the loss of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s (PCSO) STL revenues in its area of operations (Rep. Napoleon Dy)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POPULATION & FAMILY RELATIONS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 96, 101, 513, 1160 & 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 and Luzviminda Ilagan)
HB 1520 – Protecting the right of the people to information on reproductive health care services (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)