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Philippines Finance Secretary, Carlos Dominguez, has advised legislators against allowing foreign ownership of land, an 'emotional' issue for Filipinos A
The House of Representatives Committee on Energy, under its chairman Deputy Majority Leader and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo, has recommended sanctions against an electric cooperative for violation of a law during its inquiry on the increase in electricity rates of electric cooperative
The House of Representatives has uncovered glaring power supply issues affecting the country. The Lower House Committee on Energy, led by its chairman Deputy Majority Leader and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo, on Tuesday, Oct.12, tackled House Resolution Mo. 2206 which called for an Inq
Published May 26, 2021, 10:15 PM The House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 26 took a big step in amending the 1987 Constitution by passing on second reading a resolution calling for the revision of economic provisions of the 33-year-old Charter. In a viva voce vote, Resolution of Both Houses No. 2 won second reading approval. Third reading is expected next week. Sponsored by the House Committee on Constitutional Reforms chaired by Ako Bicol Partylist Rep. Alfredo Garbin, RBH No. 2 seeks to empower Congress to lift constitutional restrictions on foreign investments embodied in the Charter...
(Photo by Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In the joint resolution, the lawmakers also called for the rejection of the Minimum Access Volume (MAG) of pork imports from 54,000 metric tons to 404,000 MTs or an equivalent of 749 percent increase in the current quota. “Tariff reduction and increased MAV of pork imports will further decimate the local pork industry as we know it and will also undermine our local production and food security, as what has happened to the rice industry,” they said. The joint resolution was filed by Representatives Carlos Zarate, Rose Marie Arenas, Jo...