The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday reported to the House Committee on Ways and Means that it exceeded its target tax collection in 2020.
The House Committee on good government and public accountability will resume its investigation into the alleged condonation by the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) of loans made by the Lopez Group of Companies.
Nanindigan si House Committee on Constitutional Amendments Chair Pido Garbin na wala silang nilalabag na kahit anong batas sa pagbubukas ng usapin ng cha-cha. Aniya, malinaw na nakasaad sa Konstitusyon ang kapangyarihang ito ng kongreso.
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the House of Representatives is ready “to hit the ground running” and looks forward to the ratification of the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 as the 301-man chamber is set to resume its session on Monday, November 16.
The House committee on welfare of children on Tuesday endorsed for swift plenary approval the proposed “Foundling Welfare Act” aimed at promoting the rights of abandoned children with unknown parents and declaring them as natural-born Filipino citizens.
The House committee on ways and means has approved an unnumbered substitute bill creating the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport Zone, which is adjacent to the proposed New Manila International Airport, in Bulacan, which San Miguel Aerocity Inc., will operate.
The House committee on health has endorsed the creation of a medical reserve corps to augment the country’s health personnel in case of pandemics and health emergencies, according to its chair, Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan.
MANILA – House committee on Appropriations chair Eric Yap has claimed responsibility for the reported mass resignation of the entire congressional staff of Presidential son and Deputy Speaker for Political Affairs Paolo Duterte.
Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is urging the House committee on justice to look into the “mysterious” deaths of convicted high-profile drug lords and other inmates at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City.
Health Sec. Francisco Duque III on Thursday, May 21 admitted to members of the House committee on health that mass testing was never done by government during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak.
House Deputy Minority Carlos Zarate has joined the calls made by 15 majority bloc senators for the immediate resignation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque.
House committee on ways and means chair Joey Salceda (Albay) has proposed a P1-trillion stimulus package for country’s economic recovery plan due to the extended Luzon lockdown brought by the coronavirus pandemic.
House committee on transportation chair and Samar Rep. Edgar Sarmiento is pushing for modified lockdown and creation of “COVID-free zones” after the April 14 deadline of the Enhance Community Quarantine (ECQ) policy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Department of Health (DOH) and Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) have jointly issued an apology to House committee on appropriations chair Eric Yap due to the “clerical oversight” of his COVID-19 test that appeared to be negative contrary to earlier reports.
At least 20 lawmakers who were physically present during Monday’s special session of Congress have placed under mandatory self-quarantine after having direct contact with House committee on appropriations chair Eric Yap who tested positive for COVID-19 virus on Wednesday.
Anticipating a prolonged Luzon-wide lockdown due to the COVID-19 crisis, a member of the House committee on transportation has tapped UV Express vans to provide free transportation for health care workers in the fight against the dreaded disease.
The powerful House committee of the whole has agreed to grant President Rodrigo Duterte with P275-billion allocation which will be used for the national government’s response and recovery efforts over the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
House committee on ways and means chair Joey Salceda has proposed to allocate a total of P300-billion for the national government’s response and recovery efforts over the coronavirus emergency.
House committee on ways and means chair Joey Salceda has appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infections Diseases (IATF) to rationalize the checkpoints to prevent road congestion and protect food security.
House committee on justice vice chair Alfredo Garbin has urged the Department of Finance (DOF) to extend the deadline other related transactions under the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) amid the existing Luzon-wide lockdown imposed by Malacañang to avert the spread of COVID-19 virus.
House committee on transportation chair Edgar Sarmiento said the national government should now impose mandatory use of facemask and other similar stuff for passengers using all forms of public transport amid the potential outbreak of coronavirus.
Isabela Rep. Tonypet Albano, vice chair of the House committee on legislative franchises, insisted on Saturday that there was no reason for the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to deny granting ABS-CBN the provisional authority to continue broadcasting after its franchise expires on May 4.
The Supreme Court (SC) has been asked on Thursday (March 5) to stop the illegal directive of House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and House Committee on Legislative Franchises chair Franz Alvarez which directed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to issue a provisional permit that would allow ABS-CBN to operate pending the renewal of its legislative franchise.
House committee on transportation chair Edgar Sarmiento (Samar) has called for the return of the mandatory drug testing requirement in securing a driver’s license.
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