Member Information - 14th Congress
Sectoral Representative
PL - ANAKPAWIS
Term: 3
Age: 77
Date of Birth: 07 January 1933
Place of Birth: Bacacay, Albay
Religion: Catholic
Civil Status: M
Spouse: Rosario Soto Beltran
Other Profession: Labor Leader
Deceased
Rm. S-602, House of Representatives, Quezon City
Phone: 931-5001 local 7300, 9316615
Chief of Staff: Ina Alleco R. Silverio
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Member for the Minority
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Member for the Minority
PEOPLE PARTICIPATION
Member for the Minority
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Member for the Minority
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Member for the Minority
VETERANS AFFAIRS AND WELFARE
Member for the Minority
HB00543 [History]
AN ACT CONVERTING THE SAN ISIDRO-PINAMIHAGAN ROAD IN THE 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR FROM A PROVINCIAL ROAD TO A NATIONAL SECONDARY ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Status: Substituted by HB04405
HB01092 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF REPUBLIC ACT 9337 OR AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 27, 28, 34, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 148, 151, 236, 237, AND 288 OF THE NATIONAL REVENUE CODE OF 1987 AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on WAYS AND MEANS since 2007-08-01
HB01093 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF REPUBLIC ACT 9372 OR THE HUMAN SECURITY ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2007-08-01
HB01722 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A P125.00 DAILY ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCREASE IN THE SALARY RATES OF EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status:
HB01723 [History]
AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 6727, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT TO RATIONALIZE WAGE POLICY DETERMINATION BY ESTABLISHING THE MECHANISM AND PROPER STANDARDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 99 OF, AND INCORPORATING ARTICLES 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, AND 127 INTO, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, FIXING NEW WAGE RATES, PROVIDING WAGE INCENTIVES FOR INDUSTRIAL DISPERSAL TO THE COUNTRYSIDE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status:
HB01724 [History]
AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 8479, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DOWNSTREAM OIL DEREGULATION ACT OF 1998
Status: Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2008-11-19
HB01726 [History]
AN ACT PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IRRI) AS ENSHRINED IN THE 1987 CONSTITUTION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1620, THE DECREE GRANTING TO THE INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IRRI) THE STATUS, PREROGATIVES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2007-08-14
HB01727 [History]
AN ACT REGULATING THE RESICADA SYSTEM IN THE COCONUT INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-08-14
HB01728 [History]
AN ACT SEGREGATING FROM STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY PORTIONS OF LAND THAT ARE IN EXCESS OF THEIR ACTUAL USE, NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
Status: Pending with the Committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2007-08-14
HB01962 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A THREE THOUSAND PESOS (P3,000) ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCREASE IN THE MONTHLY WAGE AND SALARY RATES OF EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Consolidated into HB03819
HB02531 [History]
AN ACT ENHANCING THE SECURITY OF TENURE OF FARMERS THROUGH STRENGTHENING THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM AND ITS AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATORY BOARDS OVER AGRARIAN CASES
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-09-19
HB03010 [History]
AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 9136, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ELECTRIC INDUSTRY REFORM ACT OF 2001
Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2008-06-30
HB03059 [History]
AN ACT INSTITUTING GENUINE AGRARIAN REFORM IN THE COUNTRY AND CREATING THE MECHANISM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-11-20
HB03159 [History]
AN ACT PROTECTING THE WORKERS FROM LOW WAGES THEREBY MANDATING BARANGAY MICRO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (BMBEs) TO IMPLEMENT THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9178, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BARANGAY MICRO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (BMBEs), PROVIDING INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2007-12-04
HR00092 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SOUNDNESS OF THE EXECUTIVE POLICY PROMOTING THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF HYBRID RICE AS CENTERPIECE STRATEGY FOR ATTAINING RICE SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-11-06)
HR00093 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AGRARIAN REFORM AND NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED INTRUSION OF MILITARY FORCES BELONGING TO 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION-PHILIPPINE ARMY INTO THE ANCESTRAL DOMAIN OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN PANAY ISLAND
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES since 2007-11-06)
HR00094 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO CONDUCT A JOINT INVESTIGATION ON THE EXISTENCE OF SUGAR CARTELS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE HOW THEY MANIPULATED THE PRICES OF SUGAR AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE ACTION, PENALTIES AND LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THEREFOR
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on TRADE AND INDUSTRY since 2007-11-06)
HR00095 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COCONUT INDUSTRY INVESTMENT FUND'S (CIIF) PLAN TO USE THE ESTIMATED P1.9 BILLION ACCUMULATED DIVIDENDS OF COCONUT LEVY FUNDS FROM ITS 27% STAKE IN SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION (SMC)
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-11-06)
HR00096 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ALL MEASURES NECESSARY TO REMOVE PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE FROM THE AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE (AoA) OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) TOWARDS ENABLING THE COUNTRY TO UNDERTAKE THE FULL RANGE OF POLICY MEASURES NEEDED TO ATTAIN FOOD SECURITY AND DEFEND PEASANT LIVELIHOOD
Status: Pending with the Committee on GLOBALIZATION AND WTO since 2007-08-22
HR00097 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, AND OVERSIGHT TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIAL AMELIORATION PROGRAM (SAP) IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY INCLUDING AN ACCOUNTING OF ITS FUND AND THE EXTENT OF BENEFITS THAT REDOUNDED TO THE SUGAR WORKERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2007-11-06)
HR00098 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS SPENT THE P2.719 BILLION EARMARKED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HYBRID RICE COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAM
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-11-06)
HR00099 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VALIDITY AND PROPRIETY OF THE REPORTED TRADERS' PRACTICE OF DEDUCTING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT FOR MOISTURE CONTENT OF COPRA
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-11-06)
HR00100 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HYBRID RICE COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAM (HRCP) IN ORDER TO DETERMINE ITS IMPACT ON THE HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC CONDITION OF HYBRID RICE-GROWING COMMUNITIES AND ASSESS THE PROGRAM'S SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS OF THE RICE INDUSTRY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-11-06)
HR00101 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ECOLOGY TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SOUNDNESS AND BENEFICIALITY OF GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURES AROUND LAGUNA LAKE AND IF WARRANTED, TERMINATE THE OPERATIONS OF THE SAME AND PROHIBIT FURTHER CONSTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT PROJECTS AROUND THE LAKE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on ECOLOGY since 2007-11-06)
HR00102 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ECOLOGY TO CONDUCT A JOINT INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXISTENCE IN LAGUNA LAKE OF CORPORATE FISHPENS IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TOTAL AREA, REVIEW ALL ORDERS AND GUIDELINES PERTAINING TO THE SAME AND IF WARRANTED, REVOKE ALL LICENSES OF THOSE WHO VIOLATED THE EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES since 2007-11-06)
HR00103 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRARIAN REFORM TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 'CORN AND CASSAVA PLANTATION PROJECT' IN THE PROVINCE OF ISABELA AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE FARMERS TO LAND
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-11-06)
HR00104 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE COCONUT LEVY FUND INCLUDING INCOME, INTERESTS, PROFITS AND OTHER ASSETS ACQUIRED THEREFROM REPRESENTAED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT (PCGG) IN SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION (SMC) AND OTHER COCONUT LEVY FUND-ACQUIRED CORPORATIONS AS WELL AS THE DISBURSEMENTS MADE THEREIN AND IF WARRANTED, CALL ON THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT TO MAKE ITS OWN AUDIT OF THE FUND CONSIDERAING THAT THE SAME HAS BEEN DECLARED AS PUBLIC FUND
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-11-06)
HR00115 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION, AND GOOD GOVERNMENT TO JOINTLY CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IRREGULARITIES IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH AND THOROUGH-GOING REVIEW OF THE DECISIONS OF THE GSIS BOARD, AND LOOK INTO THE RECORDS OF THE SAID AGENCY IN ORDER TO UPHOLD TRANSPARENCY AND FIGHT CORRUPTION
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY since 2007-11-06)
HR00116 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION, TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE QUESTIONABLE CHANGES IN THE POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS) REGARDING ITS HOUSING PROGRAM GIVEN THE IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL WELFARE, LIVES AND HOUSING NEEDS OF GSIS MEMBERS, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE 900 RESIDENTS OF TERESA HOMES, TIBAG, TARLAC CITY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2007-11-06)
HR00117 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ISSUANCE OF ORDINANCE VIOLATION RECEIPTS (OVR) BY METRO MANILA LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, TO RECOMMEND MEASURES TO REVERT TO A SINGLE-TICKETING SYSTEM IN METRO MANILA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, AND TO REGULATE STIFF AND EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC FINES IMPOSED ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT DRIVERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT since 2007-11-06)
HR00118 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL, POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE VARIOUS FORMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND ATTACKS AGAINST MEMBERS AND LEADERS OF ANAKPAWIS PARTYLIST, AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND TAKE MEASURES TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS, AS WELL AS PUT AN END TO POLITICAL REPRESSION OF THE PARTYLISTS THEY BELONG TO
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-11-06)
HR00119 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE INTENT OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE TO IMPLEMENT A 2,600 PERCENT TAX HIKE ON PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLES AND DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF SAID NEW TAX ON THE WELFARE AND LIVELIHOOD OF JEEPNEY, TAXI AND BUS DRIVERS, OPERATORS AND COMMUTERS WHO UTILIZE THE SERVICES OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on WAYS AND MEANS since 2007-11-06)
HR00138 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED INVOLVEMENT OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES IN THE ESCALATING CAMPAIGN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AGAINST THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) AND DETERMINE WHETHER THIS INVOLVEMENT CONSTITUTES CLEAR VIOLATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION'S PROVISIONS ON INTERNAL SECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY AS WELL AS PROVISIONS OF THE VISITING FORCES OF AGREEMENT
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY since 2007-11-20)
HR00186 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY INTO REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS BUILDING A MILITARY BASE AND OTHER MILITARY FACILITIES ACROSS IN JOLO, TAWI-TAWI AND MAGUINDANAO FOR ITS TROOPS AND TO DETERMINE THE EXACT STATUS OF US TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE EXTENT OF THEIR ACTIVITIES GIVEN THAT THE MATTER HAS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS ON NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY since 2007-12-12)
HR00187 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' SUPPORT FOR THE PHILIPPINE SENATE'S INTENT TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT A FULL INQUIRY INTO THE REVELATIONS OF T/SGT. VIDAL DOBLE REGARDING THE SUPPOSED INVOLVEMENT OF PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO IN THE 'HELLO, GARCI' 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD SCANDAL AND ENJOINING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO INITIATE COUNTERPART MOVES TO SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE OF FINDING FULL AND JUST RESOLUTION TO THE SAID CONTROVERSY
Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2007-09-05
HR00224 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND FISHERIES, AGRARIAN REFORM, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, NATURAL RESOURCES, TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO JOINTLY CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE NATURE OF THIRTY-ONE (31) AGREEMENTS FINALIZED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON THE ECONOMIC WELFARE OF FILIPINOS AND THEIR POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS AGAINST PROVISIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION ON ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY AND PATRIMONY, AND DETERMINE WAYS TO TAKE ACTION ON ANY ANOMALIES THAT MAY BE DISCOVERED IN THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD, AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-12-12)
HR00237 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON AGRARIAN REFORM TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE PHILIPPINES-CHINA FARMS DEAL ENTERED INTO BY THE ARROYO GOVERNMENT WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, PARTICULARLY ON ITS IMPLICATIONS ON AGRARIAN REFORM, THE LIVELIHOOD OF SMALL FARMERS AND ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD, AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-12-12)
HR00238 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COCONUT INDUSTRY INVESTMENT FUND'S (CIIF) PLAN TO USE THE ESTIMATED p1.9 BILLION ACCUMULATED DIVIDENDS OF COCONUT LEVY FUNDS FROM ITS 27% STAKE IN SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION (SMC)
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-12-12)
HR00239 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STRONGLY URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM TO SUBMIT TO THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT 6657 OR THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-09-19
HR00251 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION, AND GOOD GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPACT OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM'S (GSIS) E-CARD PROJECT ON THE ECONOMIC WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, GSIS MEMBERS AND BENEFICIARIES, AS WELL AS LOOK INTO THE ALLEGED ANOMALIES BEHIND THE TRANSFER OF GSIS FUNDS FROM THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (LBP) TO THE UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2007-12-12)
HR00252 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION TO INITIATE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS) PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTS AND MAKE IMMEDIATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CONSUMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2007-12-12)
HR00253 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO TOYOTA MOTOR PHILIPPINES CORPORATION'S (TMPC) UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES, NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF WORKERS' RIGHT AND REFUSAL TO ABIDE BY THE RULINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION AND SUPREME COURT SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORKERS, AND FURTHER LOOK INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT'S FAVORING OF THE MANAGEMENT ON LABOR RELATION ISSUES AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE RANK AND FILE WORKERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2007-12-12)
HR00269 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ILLEGAL DISMISSAL OF 271 AJINOMOTO EMPLOYEES AND THE ILLEGAL CLOSURE OF THE COMPANY; AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TO ENSURE JOB SECURITY AND SECURITY OF TENURE OF WORKERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2007-12-12)
HR00270 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE ONGOING DISPUTE IN THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (AIM) BETWEEN THE FACULTY UNION THE AIM FACULTY ASSOCIATION (AFA) AND THE AIM MANAGEMENT REGARDING THE AFA'S DEMAND FOR RECOGNITION AS AN OFFICIAL BARGAINING BODY AND ITS CALL TO THE MANAGEMENT TO UPHOLD THE RIGHT OF FACULTY TO 70% OF THE TUITION FEE INCREASES GIVEN THAT THE PHILIPPINES HAS ADOPTED THE 1997 UNITED NATIONS EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) RECOMMENDATION ON THE STATUS OF TEACHING PERSONNEL IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2007-12-12)
HR00299 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON CIVIL, POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUING SURVEILLANCE AND HARASSMENT OF LABOR LEADERS AND LABOR RIGHTS ADVOCATES, AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TO PROTECT THEIR CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-12-12)
HR00300 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ILLEGAL LOCK-OUT AND ILLEGAL DISMISSAL OF 200 WORKERS OF DAVAO INTEGRATED TRANSPORT FACILITIES, INC. (DITFI), A SUBSIDIARY OF DOLE-STANFILCO IN DAVAO DEL NORTE, THE WIDESPREAD LABOR-ONLY CONTRACTING PRACTICES OF EMPLOYERS, INTERVENTION OF MILITARY IN LABOR DISPUTES AND TO RECOMMEND MEASURES TO AID WORKERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2007-12-12)
HR00301 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE BLACKLISTING OF 504 PERSONS, INCLUDING FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK AND OTHER FOREIGN AND FILIPINO RIGHTS ADVOCATES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-12-12)
HR00302 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROPOSED CREATION OF THE QUEZON CITY CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (QC-CBD) AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE THOUSANDS OF URBAN POOR FAMILIES OCCUPYING THE AREA
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE since 2007-12-12)
HR00347 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRARIAN REFORM TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE OPERATIONS OF THE DUMARAO LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCTION CENTER (DUMARAO STOCK FARM) IN BUNGSUAN, DUMARAO, CAPIZ, AND ITS IMPACT ON THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE FARMERS THEREIN
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 0000-00-00)
HR00348 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL, POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BRUTAL EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF THREE ACTIVISTS IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN AUGUST AND OCTOBER 2007 IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-01-28)
HR00369 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS AND LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SITUATION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DIE BY THEIR HOST COUNTRIES, CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR CASES AND PROVIDE NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2008-01-28)
HR00435 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL, POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AND COMMITTEE ON PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ILLEGAL ARREST AND DETENTION OF KILUSANG MAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS (KMP) DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL AND ANAKPAWIS NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER RANDALL ECHANIS, AND TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TOWARDS HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-03-11)
HR00482 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE STRIKE AT HANJIN GARMENTS INC., TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE PARTISAN ACTS BY THE POLICE AND MILITARY IN THE STRIKE AREA AND LOOK INTO THE RAMPANT PRACTICE OF LABOR CONTRACTUALIZATION IN VIOLATION OF LABOR STANDARDS TAKING PLACE IN INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN LAGUNA
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2008-03-12)
HR00483 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE COMMITTEES ON OVERSIGHT AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY AND REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, OF REPUBLIC ACT 9207 (NGC HOUSING AND LAND UTILIZATION ACT OF 2003) AND THE RAMPANT DEMOLITIONS, RE-BLOCKING AND COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS AND BURDENSOME FINES RESULTING FROM ITS IMPLEMENTATION
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT since 2008-03-12)
HR00509 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE LACK OF JOBS AND LIVELIHOOD AND INADEQUACY OF BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES HAVING BEEN EXPERIENCED BY THE RESIDENTS OF KASIGLAHAN VILLAGE RELOCATION SITE IN MONTALBAN, RIZAL
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT since 2008-05-13)
HR00521 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE POLICY OF RELYING ON MASSIVE RICE IMPORTATION IN ADDRESSING THE PRESENT RICE CRISIS AND TO USE THE SCARCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY WISELY BY ADDRESSING THE RICE CRISIS THROUGH BUILDING UP A SUFFICIENT RICE SUPPLY FROM DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND TO INSTITUTIONALIZE A PROGRAM OF DEVELOPING THE LOCAL RICE INDUSTRY AND STRENGTHEN OUR LOCAL RICE FARMERS THROUGH MAXIMIZED UTILIZATION OF OUR RICE SELF-SUFFICIENCY POTENTIALS AND UPHOLD THE INTEREST AND DEFEND THE LIVELIHOOD OF MILLIONS OF OUR RICE PRODUCERS
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2008-04-28
HR00522 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STRONGLY OPPOSING THE PLAN OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA) TO INCREASE THE PRICES OF NFA RICE BY LESS THAN P1.00 WHILE THE COUNTRY IS IN THE MIDST OF RICE CRISIS AND STRONGLY URGING THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY TO DESIST FROM IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on since 2008-05-13)
HR00523 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE POLICY WISDOM OF THE PLAN OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA) TO INCREASE THE PRICE OF NFA RICE BY LESS THAN P1.00 WHILE THE COUNTRY IS IN THE MIDST OF RICE CRISIS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2008-05-13)
HR00543 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT DEMOLITION IN PANTRANCO COMPOUND, QUEZON CITY, AS WELL AS INTO ANY DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT MAY ENTAIL MORE DEMOLITIONS THEREIN; FURTHER CALLING ON THE SAME TO URGE THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF QUEZON CITY TO PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE RELOCATION AND ENSURE ADEQUATE HOUSING TO THE VICTIMS OF DEMOLITION THEREIN
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT since 2008-05-21)
HR00560 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE IRREGULARITIES IN THE LOAN DISBURSEMENT OF TWO BILLION AND TWO HUNDRED MILLION PESOS (P2.2 BILLION) QUEDANCOR LOAN FUNDS FOR SWINE GROWERS, IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE "SWINE SCAM", IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCAM FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PROPOSE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THEREFOR
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY since 2008-05-28)
HR00561 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE CURRENT RICE CRISIS SO AS TO DETERMINE ITS ROOT CAUSES IN ORDER FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ENACT REMEDIAL MEASURES TO IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS THE CRISIS AS WELL AS LONG TERM POLICY LEGISLATIONS TO PREVENT ITS RECURRENCE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on FOOD SECURITY since 2008-05-28)
HR00562 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL, POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF LABOR LEADERS AFTER MALICIOUSLY LINKING THEM TO COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS AND IN THE PROCESS VIOLATING TRADE UNION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-05-28)
HR00569 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON AGRARIAN REFORM, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, AND ECOLOGY TO CONDUCT A GENERAL INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXTENT OF LAND USE CONVERSION AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR FOOD SECURITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESENT RICE CRISIS, TO REVIEW ALL POLICIES, LAWS, ORDERS, AND JURISPRUDENCE PERTAINING TO THE SAME, AND IF WARRANTED, TO CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON LAND USE CONVERSION, THEREAFTER PROVIDE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A REPORT ON ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2008-05-28)
HR00570 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES, AND AGRARIAN REFORM TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT OF THE 1-2 MILLION HECTARES AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO ITS IMPLICATION TO OUR RICE INDUSTRY AND FOOD SECURITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESENT RICE CRISIS AND TO THE WELFARE OF OUR FARMERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2008-05-28)
PS00013 [History]
REP. BELTRAN'S GRATITUDE TO HOUSE MEMBERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT DURING HIS DETENTION AND CALL FOR INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
Status: Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-08-14
PS00058 [History]
FAIRNESS IN THE CASE OF THE ARREST OF MR. JOSE MA. SISON IN THE NETHERLANDS
Status: Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2007-10-09
PS00069 [History]
Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2007-10-09)
PS00077 [History]
SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR FARMERS
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-11-13
PS00082 [History]
AGRICULTURAL REFORM PROGRAM
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-11-20
PS00110 [History]
Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2007-12-12)
PS00162 [History]
URGENT ISSUES CONCERNING PLIGHT OF FILIPINO WOMEN
Status: Pending with the Committee on WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY since 2008-04-22
PS00171 [History]
INCREASING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AS RECORDED BY THE CENTER FOR TRADE UNION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Status: Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-04-22
PS00174 [History]
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY HOUSE EMPLOYEES AND CONGRESSIONAL STAFF WITH THE GSIS ON THE AVAILMENT OF LOANS AND OTHER BENEFITS
Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2008-04-22
PS00182 [History]
Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2008-04-23
PS00187 [History]
Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2008-04-30)
PS00202 [History]
Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2008-05-14)
HB00072 [History]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY COUNCIL, PROVIDING POWERS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Substituted by HB06907
HB00305 [History]
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE THE USE OF ENGLISH AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS
Status: Substituted by HB05619
HB00375 [History]
AN ACT TO SPUR THE PLANTING OF BILLION TREES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Approved by the House on 2007-12-18, transmitted to on 2008-01-03 and received by the Senate on 2008-01-03
HB00578 [History]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SENIOR CITIZENS TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD CENTER IN EVERY BARANGAY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Status: Pending with the Committee on POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS since 2007-07-30
HB01113 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF REPUBLIC ACT 9372 OR THE HUMAN SECURITY ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2007-08-01
HB01114 [History]
AN ACT MANDATING COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF MARTIAL LAW FROM SEPTEMBER 21, 1972 TO FEBRUARY 25, 1986 AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Status: Substituted by HB03756
HB01115 [History]
AN ACT REPEALING THE AUTOMATIC APPROPRIATION FOR DEBT SERVICE BY AMENDING SECTION 31 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1177 AND SECTION 26, CHAPTER 4, BOOK VI OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987" WHICH REITERATES EN TOTO SECTION 31 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1177
Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2008-04-09
HB01754 [History]
AN ACT TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY STRENGTHENING DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6977, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'MAGNA CARTA FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: REPUBLIC ACT (RA09501) enacted on 2008-05-23
HB01793 [History]
AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT 7942, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MINING ACT OF 1995
Status: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2007-08-21
HB02026 [History]
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE NAMING OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES AFTER INCUMBENT ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS, THEIR KIN, SPOUSES AND RELATIVES OF UP TO FOURTH CIVIL DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2007-08-29
HB02223 [History]
AN ACT TO ENSURE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OFFICIAL RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION OF PUBLIC CONCERN
Status: Substituted by HB03732
HB02224 [History]
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ENTRY, SALE, PROCESSING, FIELD TESTING AND RELEASE OF CROPS AND FOOD PRODUCTS CONTAINING GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) INTO AND WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2007-09-04
HB02263 [History]
AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING THE CRIME OF ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE
Status: Substituted by HB05886
HB02295 [History]
AN ACT CONVERTING THE ACCUMULATED VALUE ADDED TAX (VAT) PAYMENTS OF LOW-INCOME WORKERS INTO CREDITS FOR THE COMPENSATION-BASED INCOME TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CHAPTER VII, SECTION 35 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on WAYS AND MEANS since 2007-09-05
HB02441 [History]
AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO STUDENTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2007-09-17
HB02492 [History]
AN ACT REGULATING DRUG PRICES AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR LOCAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LOW COST, SAFE AND QUALITY MEDICINE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Substituted by HB02844
HB02587 [History]
AN ACT STRENGTHENING PHILIPPINE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND CREATING THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Status: Substituted by HB06985
HB02588 [History]
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO FREE EXPRESSION, PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE AND PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, REPEALING BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 880 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-09-25
HB02589 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MANDATORY NATIONWIDE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM IN ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BARANGAY DAY CARE CENTERS
Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2007-09-25
HB02618 [History]
AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER 21 OF EVERY YEAR AS A "NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE" IN MEMORY OF THE STRUGGLES AND SACRIFICES OF THE HEROES AND MARTYRS OF THE MARTIAL LAW ERA
Status: Business for the day on 2010-01-19
HB02619 [History]
AN ACT DECLARING TORTURE A CRIME AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR COMMISSION OF ACTS OF TORTURE
Status: Substituted by HB05709
HB02844 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHEAPER MEDICINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: REPUBLIC ACT (RA09502) enacted on 2008-06-09
HB02845 [History]
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AS THE PREMIER STATE UNIVERSITY
Status: REPUBLIC ACT (RA09500) enacted on 2008-04-29
HB03029 [History]
AN ACT REGULATING THE DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES
Status: Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2008-11-19
HB03030 [History]
AN ACT INSTITUTING CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT OF PETROLEUM IN THE COUNTRY
Status: Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2008-11-19
HB03031 [History]
AN ACT RENATIONALIZING PETRON CORPORATION
Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2007-11-13
HB03156 [History]
AN ACT CREATING THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: REPUBLIC ACT (RA09497) enacted on 2008-03-04
HB03259 [History]
AN ACT PUNISHING MILITARY COMMANDERS OR SUPERIORS FOR CRIMES OR OFFENSES COMMITTED BY THEIR SUBORDINATES UNDER THE PRINCIPLE OF COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY
Status: Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2007-12-17
HB03274 [History]
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9280, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CUSTOMS BROKERS ACT OF 2004, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: REPUBLIC ACT (RA09853) enacted on 2009-12-15
HB03292 [History]
AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR ELECTION OFFENSES ATTENDED BY VIOLENCE, COERCION, INTIMIDATION, FORCE OR THREATS, AND FOR OTHER ELECTION OFFENSES
Status: Approved by the House on 2007-12-18, transmitted to on 2008-01-03 and received by the Senate on 2008-01-03
HB03364 [History]
AN ACT TO EFFECTIVELY INSTILL HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH PICTURE-BASED HEALTH WARNINGS ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2008-01-28
HB03433 [History]
AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT 9337, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 27, 28, 34, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 119, 121, 148, 151, 236, 237, AND 288 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on WAYS AND MEANS since 2008-02-04
HB03462 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING EMERGENCY INCOME TAX RELIEF FOR ORDINARY TAXPAYERS AND RECALIBRATING THE INCOME TAX RATES OF INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CHAPTER III, SECTION 24 (A)(1)(c) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED
Status: Substituted by HB03971
HB03535 [History]
AN ACT DECRIMINALIZING LIBEL, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 360, 361, AND 362 OF ACT NO. 3815 AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE
Status: Substituted by HB05760
HB03536 [History]
AN ACT DECLARING MARCH SIX OF EVERY YEAR AS BUD DAHU DAY IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BANGSAMORO PEOPLE'S RESISTANCE TO FOREIGN OCCUPATION, THEIR CONTINUING QUEST FOR PEACE AND SELF-DETERMINATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on MUSLIM AFFAIRS since 2008-12-09
HB03537 [History]
AN ACT DECLARING EVERY LUNAR NEW YEAR A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PHILIPPINES
Status: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2008-02-18
HB03544 [History]
AM ACT REGULATING THE USE OF 'NO THERAPEUTIC CLAIM' ON SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICINES AND OTHER RELATED PREPARATIONS THEREBY MANDATING PROPER PACKAGE LABELING AND ESTABLISHING A STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF CONSUMERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on TRADE AND INDUSTRY since 2008-02-19
HB03732 [History]
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT, ARTICLE II AND SECTION SEVEN, ARTICLE III OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: House agreed on 2010-01-18 to the request for a conference made by the Senate on 2009-12-16
HB03756 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE MARCOS REGIME, DOCUMENTATION OF SAID VIOLATIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Unfinished Business (Period of Sponsorship)
HB03819 [History]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL
Status: Approved by the House on 2008-05-26, transmitted to on 2008-05-28 and received by the Senate on 2008-05-28
HB03825 [History]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS AMONG GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR AN INNOVATION-INSPIRED CORPS OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND A PRODUCTIVE POST-SERVICE CITIZENRY
Status: Approved by the House on 2008-05-12, transmitted to on 2008-05-12 and received by the Senate on 2008-05-15
HB03958 [History]
THE RICE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2008
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2008-04-30
HB03971 [History]
AN ACT GRANTING TAX RELIEF FOR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 34, 35 AND 79 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED
Status: REPUBLIC ACT (RA09504) enacted on 2008-06-17
HB04419 [History]
AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "LAW REGULATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PROFESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Approved by the House on 2008-09-09, transmitted to on 2008-09-16 and received by the Senate on 2008-09-16
HB05709 [History]
AN ACT PENALIZING THE COMMISSION OF ACTS OF TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: REPUBLIC ACT (RA09745) enacted on 2009-11-10
HB05760 [History]
AN ACT MAKING ANY DISCUSSION OF ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN, OR CRITICISM OF OFFICAL CONDUCT OR THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC FIGURES, QUALIFIEDLY PRIVILEGED, INCREASING FINES FOR THE CRIME OF LIBEL, AND PROVIDING FOR THE VENUE OF LIBEL CASES FILED AGAINST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS, THEIR EDITOS, BUSINESS MANAGERS OR PUBLISHERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 354, 355, 356, 357, 360 AND 361 OF ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2009-12-01
HB05886 [History]
AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING THE CRIME OF ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Approved by the House on 2009-03-05, transmitted to on 2009-03-11 and received by the Senate on 2009-03-11
HB06907 [History]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY COUNCIL, PROVIDING POWERS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Approved by the House on 2010-01-26, transmitted to on 2010-01-28 and received by the Senate on 2010-01-28
HB06985 [History]
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Transmitted to the President for Signature on 2010-04-29
HCR0001 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALARMING SPATE OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED KILLINGS, SUMMARY EXECUTIONS AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES UNDER THE ARROYO GOVERNMENT, AND TO INITIATE AND RECOMMEND CONCRETE MEASURES AND SANCTIONS TO STOP SUCH ATROCITIES AND VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2007-07-24
HJR0004 [History]
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND ASSESS THE DEBT POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE PHILIPPINES, CONDUCT A PUBLIC AUDIT OF ALL LOANS ACQUIRED, INCLUDING ASSUMED AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES, VALIDATE THE UTILIZATION OF LOAN PROCEEDS, AND THE PAYMENTS MADE THEREON, AND RECOMMEND POLICIES AND STRATEGIES TO REDUCE DEBT SERVICE AS WELL AS INSTITUTIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL MEASURES TO ENSURE SOUND FISCAL AND MONETARY STATUS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT PRINCIPALLY THROUGH EFFECTIVE DEBT MANAGEMENT
Status: Pending with the Committee on ECONOMIC AFFAIRS since 2009-08-25
HR00080 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM (CARP) BECAUSE IT HAS FAILED TO IMPLEMENT ACTUAL LAND DISTRIBUTION TO LANDLESS FARMERS
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-08-14
HR00090 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEMISE OF DR. RESTITUTO R. SOON, FATHER OF HONORABLE NERISSA CORAZON SOON-RUIZ, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF CEBU
Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00004 on 2007-08-06
HR00106 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ABDUCTION AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF JONAS JOSEPH BURGOS, ON APRIL 28, 2007 IN QUEZON CITY ALLEGEDLY BY ELEMENTS OF THE 56TH INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-11-06)
HR00120 [History]
URGENT RESOLUTION ALLOWING THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF BONA FIDE PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS AND NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN PUBLIC HEARINGS IN CONGRESS' ANNUAL BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00020 on 2007-11-20
HR00124 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT URGES THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE, APOLOGIZE AND ACCEPT ITS RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE SEXUAL SLAVERY OF YOUNG WOMEN COMMONLY KNOWN AS COMFORT WOMEN BY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AND PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO THE VICTIMS IN THE LIGHT OF THE ADOPTION BY THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 121 WHICH STATES THAT JAPAN SHOULD FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE, APOLOGIZE AND ACCEPT HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL MANNERS OVER ITS ARMED FORCE'S COERCION OF YOUNG WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY DURING ITS COLONIAL AND WARTIME OCCUPATION OF ASIA, AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF COUNCILORS OF JAPAN SEEKING APOLOGY, COMPENSATION AND IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION OF ISSUES CONCERNING COMFORT WOMEN
Status: Pending with the Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS since 2007-08-28
HR00149 [History]
A RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND GIVING DUE RECOGNITION TO JAIME 'CARDINAL' SIN AND HIS LIFETIME DEDICATION AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HIS SALUTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPUBLIC'S STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION AND WAY OF LIFE
Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00005 on 2007-08-21
HR00150 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEMISE OF MRS. DALISAY L. NAZARENO, SPOUSE OF THE HONORABLE ROBERTO P. NAZARENO, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00006 on 2007-08-21
HR00172 [History]
RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY SIGN AND RATIFY THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS FROM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE IN THE COUNTRY
Status: Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-09-04
HR00180 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ABDUCTION OF MARIA LUISA POSA-DOMINADO IN CABANBANAN, OTON, ILOILO, ALLEGEDLY BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AND RECOMMEND MECHANISMS TO IMMEDIATELY LOCATE AND RELEASE HER FROM THE PERPETRATORS AND MEASURES TO ADDRESS SIMILAR INCIDENTS OF ABDUCTION AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-12-12)
HR00184 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ABDUCTION AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF MA. LUISA POSA-DOMINADO AND NILO ARADO, AND FRUSTRATED KILLING OF JOSE ELY GARACHICO ON APRIL 12, 2007 IN OTON, ILOILO, ALLEGEDLY BY ELEMENTS OF THE 3rd INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY
Status: Consolidated into HR00180
HR00185 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO TO IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS THE PLIGHT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWs) WHO ARE IN DEATH ROW AND LANGUISHING IN JAILS ALL OVER THE WORLD BY ALLOCATING ADEQUATE FUNDS FOR THEIR LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES, URGENTLY ASKING HOST COUNTRIES TO PUT INTO HALT THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DEATH SENTENCES, AND WORKING TOWARDS THEIR VINDICATION OR THE COMMUTATION OF THEIR SENTENCES TO A LESSER DEGREE
Status: Pending with the Committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2007-09-05
HR00197 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ARREST OF PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON AND THE RAID ON THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES' OFFICE AND THE HOMES OF PEACE PANEL MEMBERS IN THE NETHERLANDS, THEIR IMPACT ON THE GRP-NDFP PEACE TALKS, IMPLICATIONS ON OTHER FILIPINOS IN POLITICAL EXILE, AND THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN THE INCIDENT
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY since 2007-12-12)
HR00205 [History]
RESOLUTION URGENTLY DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ONE-SIDED AND ANTI-PEOPLE JAPAN-PHILIPPINES ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (JPEPA)
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on ECONOMIC AFFAIRS since 2007-12-12)
HR00212 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF OFFSHORE MINING IN THE VISAYAN SEA
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on NATURAL RESOURCES since 2007-12-12)
HR00221 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN THE SIGNING OF AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PHILIPPINE AND CHINESE OFFICIALS INVOLVING THE NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK AND CYBER-EDUCATION PROJECTS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY since 2007-12-12)
HR00232 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ABDUCTION, UNLAWFUL ARREST, TORTURE AND ARBITRARY DETENTION OF UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE PHILIPPINES (UCCP) PASTOR BERLIN GUERRERO ON MAY 27, 2007 IN BI?AN, LAGUNA, ALLEGEDLY BY THE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY FORCE AND PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE BRANCH OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN CAVITE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-12-12)
HR00243 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CALLING FOR THE RETURN BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OF THE BELLS OF BALANGIGA AND OTHER ARTIFACTS TAKEN FROM THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR AS A WAR BOOTY DURING THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR
Status: Pending with the Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS since 2007-09-25
HR00245 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO INVESTIGATE INTO THE EFFECTS OF THE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED INCREASE IN TUITION AND OTHER FEES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2007-12-12)
HR00262 [History]
RESOLUTION STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE VIOLENT CRACKDOWN ON PRODEMOCRACY PROTEST ACTIONS IN BURMA (MYANMAR) BY THE BURMESE MILITARY JUNTA AND EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH THE BURMESE PEOPLE IN THEIR CONTINUING STRUGGLE TO END THE 45-YEAR MILITARY RULE AND ESTABLISH GENUINE DEMOCRACY
Status: Substituted by HR00816
HR00278 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED FRAUDULENT CLAIMS BEING MADE TO THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HEALTH since 2007-12-12)
HR00288 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND PRIVILEGES TO INVESTIGATE, JOINTLY OR SEPARATELY, THE ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF BRIBERY IN MALACA?ANG PALACE LAST OCTOBER 12, 2007 INVOLVING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WERE GIVEN P200,000 TO P500,000 IN CASH IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT IN FAVOR OF THE PRESIDENT AND ENSURE GRASSROOTS SUPPORT FOR HER BELEAGUERED ADMINISTRATION
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY since 2007-12-12)
HR00294 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION ON THE CASE OF EIGHT (8) CHILDREN ALLEGEDLY TORTURED PSYCHOLOGICALLY IN SULU PERPETRATED BY ELEMENTS OF TASK FORCE COMET, 104TH ARMY BRIGADE AND JOINT SPECIAL OPERATION FORCE IN INDANAN, SULU AND RECOMMEND MEASURES THEREOF
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-12-12)
HR00295 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY INTO THE INCREASING PRACTICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES OF TAGGING OR BRANDING CHILDREN IN CONFLICT AREAS AS CHILDREN COMBATANTS AS IN THE CASE OF GRECILE BUYA, A NINE-YEAR OLD GIRL ALLEGEDLY KILLED AND TAGGED AS CHILD COMBATANT BY ELEMENTS OF THE 28TH AND 67TH BATTALION IN NEW BATAAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY AND RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF CHILDREN IN AREAS OF CONFLICT
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-12-12)
HR00296 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY TO REVIEW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF R.A. 8371, OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT (IPRA) OF 1997, IN THE LIGHT OF NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AS ENSHRINED IN THE IPRA AND RECOMMEND MEASURES THAT WILL ENSURE THE GENUINE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INCLUDING THEIR RIGHT TO ANCESTRAL DOMAIN
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES since 2007-12-12)
HR00298 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AGRARIAN REFORM AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ROOT OF THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO TRANSFER THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM TO DAVAO
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-12-12)
HR00305 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRARIAN REFORM TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPENDING CANCELLATION OF EMANCIPATION PATENTS (EPs) OF THE RESIDENTS OF BARANGAY MASCAP IN RODRIGUEZ, RIZAL, REVIEW ALL LAWS, DECREES AND ORDERS PERTAINING TO THE SAME AND IF WARRANTED, STOP THE IMPENDING CANCELLATION AND MAINTAIN THE FARMERS PEACEFUL POSSESSION OF THE LAND
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 2007-12-12)
HR00331 [History]
RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL MULTI-PARTY COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE FROM THE MAJORITY, THE MINORITY, THE LIBERAL PARTY, GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY AND LAKAS-NUCD REPRESENTING REP. WAHAB AKBAR, REP. LUZVIMINDA ILAGAN AND REP. HENRY PRIDE TEVES, TO CONDUCT PARALLEL INVESTIGATION ON THE NOVEMBER 13, 2007 BOMB ATTACK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND FOR THE SAID COMMITTEE TO RENDER A REPORT TO THE HOUSE UPON THE CONCLUSION OF ITS INVESTIGATION
Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2007-11-26
HR00332 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE PLIGHT OF THE LEPERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF TALA ESTATE IN THE LIGHT OF IMPENDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TALA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND IF WARRANTED, CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE INQUIRY AND ENACTMENT OF APPROPRIATE MEASURE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT since 2007-12-12)
HR00333 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROPOSAL OF THE GSIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO INVEST $1 BILLION PENSION FUND IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET THROUGH THE PENSION FUND'S GLOBAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM EVEN IN THE LIGHT OF SMALL DIVIDENDS, PENSION, AND RETIREMENT PAY BEING RECEIVED BY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND FORMER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOMMEND MEASURES THAT SUCH SURFEIT FUND WILL BE FIRSTLY UTILIZED TO ADDRESS THE APPARENT NOMINAL BENEFITS THAT GSIS MEMBERS ARE RECEIVING AND TO ENSURE WAYS TO ATTAIN IMPROVED MEMBERS ARE RECEIVING AND TO ENSURE WAYS TO ATTAIN IMPROVED GSIS SERVICES AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF ITS MEMBERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2007-12-12)
HR00352 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY INTO THE IMPENDING CONSTRUCTION OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROAD-5 NORTH EXTENSION (C5NE) WHICH WILL RESULT TO THE DEMOLITION OF HOUSES AND OTHER STRUCTURES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF QUEZON CITY AS WELL AS THE DISPLACEMENT OF MORE OR LESS 40,000 FAMILIES AND RECOMMEND MEASURES THAT SHALL PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED AND IF WARRANTED, MAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION TO PREVENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE INQUIRY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT since 2008-01-28)
HR00367 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND PRIVILEGES TO LOOK INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE PROPRIETY OF HAVING AT LEAST THIRTY-FOUR (34) MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE OFFICIAL ENTOURAGE OF PRES. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO'S STATE VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, AND SPAIN FROM DECEMBER 1-10, 2007
Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2007-12-11
HR00375 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT AUTHORITIES EXERT ALL EFFORT AND EXHAUST ALL MEANS NECESSARY TO LOCATE AND IMMEDIATELY SURFACE THE WOMEN VICTIMS OF INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Status: Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2007-12-17
HR00377 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO INVESTIGATE THE APPARENT FAILURE OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO EFFECTIVELY REGULATE TUITION INCREASES, MISCELLANEOUS FEE INCREASES AND IMPOSITIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND TO FREEZE ANY PROPOSED INCREASES AND IMPOSITIONS IN TUITION AND MISCELLANEOUS FEES PENDING INVESTIGATION
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2008-02-27)
HR00378 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL CULTURAL MINORITIES TO REVIEW THE ROLE AND MANDATE OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (NCIP) IN THE LIGHT OF NUMEROUS REPORTED CASES OF VIOLATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPs) HUMAN RIGHTS INCLUDING THEIR RIGHTS TO THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAIN AND RECOMMEND MEASURES THEREOF
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES since 2008-02-27)
HR00401 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH ITS COMMITTEES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE, UNITY AND RECONCILIATION TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE APPARENT VIOLATION OF THE JOINT AGREEMENT AND IMMUNITY GUARANTEES (JASIG) BETWEEN THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP), THE UNITED NATIONAL UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 WHEN ARMED MEN BELIEVED TO BE ELEMENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE FORCE (PNP) ALLEGEDLY ABDUCTED, ILLEGALLY ARRESTED AND TORTURED ELIZABETH PRINCIPE, A CONSULTANT TO THE PEACE PROCESS AND HOLDER OF THE JOINT AGREEMENT AND IMMUNITY GUARANTEES (JASIG) BETWEEN THE NDF AND THE GRP, AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TO PROTECT AND UPHOLD THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPANTS IN ALL PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND PROCESSES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-02-27)
HR00412 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE APPARENTLY HASTY AND QUESTIONABLE DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CLEAR LAFAYETTE MINING LIMITED OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE FISH KILLS THAT HIT AT LEAST FIVE BARANGAYS IN MINING-AFFECTED RAPU-RAPU ISLAND, ALBAY IN OCTOBER 2007
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on ECOLOGY since 2008-02-27)
HR00417 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO INVESTIGATE THE APPARENT BLATANT DISREGARD OF OUR PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY AND CONSTITUTION WHEN AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO ARE IN THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE RP-US VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT (VFA) REPORTEDLY ORDERED THE CLOSURE OF PANAMAO DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN SULU AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TOWARDS THE TERMINATION OF THE VFA IN THE LIGHT OF SAID INCIDENT AND OTHER VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTED AGAINST FILIPINO PEOPLE AND THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION BY THE U.S. MILITARY FORCES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS since 2008-02-27)
HR00418 [History]
RESOLUTION STRONGLY OPPOSING PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO'S TERM EXTENSION OF ARMED FORCES CHIEF-OF-STAFF HERMOGENES ESPERON JR., UNDER WHOSE WATCH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES HAS BEEN GRAVELY IMPLICATED IN THE COMMISSION OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OF MEMBERS OF MILITANT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE COUNTER-INSURGENCY PROGRAMS OPLAN BANTAY LAYA I AND II, FOR BEING A VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND GRAVE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY
Status: Pending with the Committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY since 2008-02-04
HR00419 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT A NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION (ID) SYSTEM IS REPRESSIVE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF CRIMINALITY, TERRORISM AND THE LACK OF ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY
Status: Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2008-02-04
HR00425 [History]
RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO TO IMMEDIATELY TRANSMIT TO THE PHILIPPINE SENATE FOR RATIFICATION THE 1998 ROME STATUTE CREATING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE GRAVEST CRIMES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00165 on 2008-09-16
HR00426 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE REJECTION OF THE STATUS OF VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE AND AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS SIGNED ON MAY 31, 2007 WHICH ALLOWS THE ENTRY OF AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE FORCES IN THE COUNTRY UNDER THE GUISE OF CONDUCTING JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES IN VIOLATION OF PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE EXPLICIT CONSTITUTIONAL BAN ON THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN TROOPS IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT A TREATY CONCURRED IN BY THE SENATE
Status: Pending with the Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS since 2008-02-04
HR00428 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE ONGOING ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT'S LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS IN IMPLEMENTING REMEDIAL MEASURES AND THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION NEEDED TO MITIGATE ANY NEGATIVE EFFECT
Status: Adopted Measure (Reported out CR#01413) Submitted by the Committee on ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
HR00431 [History]
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT SHOULD UPHOLD THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, SPEECH AND EXPRESSION AT ALL TIMES IN THE LIGHT OF THE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF NEWS AND INFORMATION, CRIMINALIZE THE EXERCISE OF PRESS FREEDOM AND CURTAIL THIS BASIC RIGHT ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND STATE EMERGENCIES
Status: Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2009-02-18
HR00433 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON REPORTED CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST LOCAL FARMERS, LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ALYANSA DAGITI MANNALON ITI CAGAYAN OR KAGIMUNGAN, A PEASANT ALLIANCE IN CAGAYAN VALLEY, ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY THE 17TH INFANTRY BATALLION OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, INCLUDING THE SERIAL EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF KAGIMUNGAN LEADERS JOEY JAVIER, ANTHONY LICYAYO, ARTHUR ORPILLA AND DIONISIO BATTAD
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-03-11)
HR00452 [History]
RESOLUTION FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO INVESTIGATE THE MASSACRE OF EIGHT CIVILIANS INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN MAIMBUNG SULU ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY ELEMENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES LAST FEBRUARY 4, 2008, IN VIOLATION OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIAN PERSONS IN TIME OF WAR AND THE US-RP VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-03-12)
HR00455 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGATIONS MADE Y CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION CHAIR KARINA C. DAVID THAT PRES. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO HAS ABUSED HER PREROGATIVE ON GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS BY HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL POLITICAL APPOINTEES THAN PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS RESULTING IN THE WORSENING POLITICIZATION AND UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR OF THE BUREAUCRACY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION since 2008-03-12)
HR00457 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE KILLING OF REVEREND FILOMENO CATAMBIS OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE 23RD CHURCHWORKER KILLED UNDER THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION, LAST JANUARY 23, 2008 IN ABUYOG, LEYTE BY TWO MOTORCYCLE-RIDING MEN SUSPECTED TO BE STATE SECURITY FORCES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-03-12)
HR00458 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE ABROGATION OF THE RP-US VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT AS OUR EXPERIENCES UNDER THIS NINE-YEAR OLD AGREEMENT SHOW THAT ITS ONEROUS PROVISIONS DENIGRATE PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY AND IT PAVED THE WAY FOR THE PERMANENT PRESENCE AND BASING OF US TROOPS IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT A TREATY THROUGH SUCCESSIVE MILITARY EXERCISES, THUS VIOLATING ARTICLE XVIII, SECTION 25 OF 1987 CONSTITUTION
Status: Pending with the Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS since 2008-02-19
HR00459 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY MAJOR GENERAL JUANITO GOMEZ, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY AND THE DMCI MINING CORPORATION WHEREBY THE SPECIAL CITIZEN ARMED FORCES GEOGRAPHICAL UNIT ACTIVE AUXILIARY (SCAA) UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION IS EMPLOYED TO RENDER SECURITY SERVICES TO THE MINING COMPANY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY since 2008-03-12)
HR00460 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS ON OCTOBER 21, 2007 IN BRGY. RIZAL, BATUAN, BOHOL, ALLEGEDLY BY THE 302ND INFANTRY BRIGADE OF PHILIPPINE ARMY UNDER COL. CESAR YANO, AND CALL FOR AN END TO THE HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-03-12)
HR00462 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE SEPTEMBER 6, 2004 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS FORGED BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG) ON THE TERMS OF COOPERATION OF THE SAID AGENCIES IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL PEACE AND LABOR STANDARD AND DETERMINE ITS EFFECTS ON WORKERS' RIGHTS AS ENSHRINED IN THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION AND THE LABOR CODE, IN THE LIGHT OF LABOR GROUPS' ACCUSATIONS OF MANAGEMENT-LGU-PNP COLLUSION ON THE VIOLENT DISPERSAL OF PROTESTING WORKERS OF HANJIN INC GARMENTS FACTORY IN CABUYAO, LAGUNA
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2008-03-12)
HR00463 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 4 (POEA MC-04) SERIES OF 2007, ALSO KNOWN AS GUIDELINES ON DIRECT HIRING OF FILIPINO WORKERS IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY 15, 2008
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2008-03-12)
HR00469 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, INA AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF JOSE "JOE" CAWIDING, LEADER OF THE METRO BAGUIO TRIAL ELDERS AND LEADERS ASSEMBLY (MBTELA), WHO HAD BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY, CHARGED WITH MURDER IN AUGUST 2003 AND ARRESTED ON OCTOBER 1, 2007, YEARS AFTER HIS CASE HAD BEEN ARCHIVED
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-03-12)
HR00479 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY INTO THE REPORTED IMPLEMENTATION OF IDENTIFICATION CARD (ID) SYSTEM IN PATIKUL, SULU DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO LAW AUTHORIZING THE SAME AND IF WARRANTED, STOP ITS IMPLEMENTATION PENDING COMPLETION OF THE INQUIRY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2008-03-12)
HR00480 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY INTO THE PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSING PROJECT ALONG THE EAST AND WEST BERM AREA OF THE MANGGAHAN FLOODWAY OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "HOME ALONG THE FLOODWAY" TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE SETTLERS THEREIN AND TO ENACT MEASURES THAT SHALL PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE AFFECTED PARTIES AND TO MAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO HALT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SAID PROJECT PENDING COMPLETION OF THE INQUIRY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT since 2008-03-12)
HR00490 [History]
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT TO THE FILIPINA ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN RAPED BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER AT OKINAWA, JAPAN
Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00051 on 2008-03-03
HR00496 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOLOGY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE SUPPOSED "SPRATLY DEAL" PURPORTEDLY ENTERED INTO BY THE ARROYO GOVERNMENT WITH CHINA THAT REPORTEDLY SELLS OUT PHILIPPINE INTERESTS AND PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY IN EXCHANGE FOR OVERPRICED LOANS FOR CONTROVERSIAL PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE THE NBN-ZTE DEAL, THE NORTH RAIL AND SOUTH RAIL PROJECTS, AND THE CYBER EDUCATION PROJECT, AMONG OTHERS
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ENERGY, NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY since 0000-00-00)
HR00510 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LAIBAN DAM PROJECT IN THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGE THAT THREATENS TO DISPLACE THOUSANDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, DESTROY THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND SEVERELY AFFECT THEIR VERY SURVIVAL AS A PEOPLE
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES since 2008-05-13)
HR00513 [History]
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR A STOP TO THE ALARMING ENCROACHMENT OF MINING COMPANIES INTO THE REMAINING FRAGILE HABITAT OF THE ENDANGERED PHILIPPINE EAGLE, OUR NATIONAL BIRD
Status: Pending with the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES since 2008-04-22
HR00552 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING HER EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO TO CERTIFY AS URGENT THE ENACTMENT OF HOUSE BILL NO. 1722 ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A P125.00 DAILY ACROSS-THE-BOARD INCREASE IN THE SALARY RATES OF EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" TO ALLOW THE EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING PRICES OF BASIC COMMODITIES AND SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY
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HR00553 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY INTO THE IMPACT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S PARTICIPATION IN RICE IMPORTATION VIA THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE THE COUNTRY'S RICE CRISIS AND RECOMMEND MEASURES TOWARD THE REVERSAL OF SAID IMPORTATION ARRANGEMENT AND TO ENSURE GENUINE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF RICE SUPPLY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on FOOD SECURITY since 2008-05-21)
HR00554 [History]
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ADDRESS THE RICE CRISIS BY IMMEDIATELY PUTTING A HALT TO ALL LAND USE AND CROP CONVERSIONS AND INSTEAD EXPAND RICE LAND AREAS AND ENSURE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR GREATER DOMESTIC PROCUREMENT OF THE PALAY BY THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY TO GUARANTEE SUSTAINABLE RICE SUPPLY
Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE & FOOD since 2008-05-06
HR00555 [History]
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DEMOLITION OF HOUSES AT SITIO MASAGANA, EAST SERVICE ROAD, WESTERN BICUTAN, TAGUIG, METRO MANILA ALLEGEDLY CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT since 2008-05-21)
HR00584 [History]
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE TERMINATION OF THE RP-US MUTUAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGREEMENT (MLSA) BECAUSE IT CIRCUMVENTS THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 25, ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION AS IT HAS VIRTUALLY ALLOWED THE RETURN OF US MILITARY BASES ON PHILIPPINE SOIL WITHOUT A TREATY CONCURRED IN BY THE SENATE AND RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY THE US GOVERNMENT
Status: Pending with the Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS since 2008-05-21
HR00816 [History]
A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND ENJOINING THE OTHER MEMBERS STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) AND THE ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TO DENOUNCE THE MILITARY CRACKDOWN ON HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND PRO-DEMOCRACY FORCES IN BURMA AND TO EXERT UTMOST INFLUENCE TO COMPEL THE MILITARY REGIME TO CONVENE A GENUINE TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE WHERE THE RULING STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (SPDC), THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY (NLD) AND THE ETHNIC NATIONALITIES WILL BE GIVEN EQUAL REPRESENTATIONS; RECOGNIZE THE VICTORY OF THE NLD IN THE 1990 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BURMA; AND RELEASE ALL POLITICAL DETAINEES INCLUDING DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI
Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00199 on 2008-10-07
Source: Secretary General's Office / Engineering Division / PRID