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17 solons seek termination of EO lowering pork import tariffs By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published April 14, 2021 4:32pm Seventeen lawmakers from the House of Representatives filed a joint resolution on Wednesday calling for the termination of President Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order No. 128, which reduces the tariff rate for pork imports. The resolution was filed by Representatives Carlos Isagani Zarate, Rose Marie Arenas, Jose Christopher Belmonte, Arlene Brosas, Argel Joseph Cabatbat, France Castro, Eufemia Cullamat, Lorenz Defensor, Sarah Elago, Edgar Erice, Ferdinand Gaite...

Defensor loses another House post enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 10) — Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor lost another post at the House of Representatives, this time as vice-chairperson of the Committee on Legislative Franchises. He was replaced by Zamboanga Sibugay 1st District Rep. Wilter Palma II. The Committee on Legislative Franchises discusses matters relating to the grant, amendment, extension, or revocation of franchises. Meanwhile, Palma was replaced as Deputy Majority Leader by Iloilo 3rd District Rep. Lorenz Defensor. Quezon City ...

    Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez had advised lawmakers against allowing foreign ownership of land, an 'emotional' issue for Filipinos   A House committee agreed to strike out from their charter change (Cha-Cha) resolution the proposed amendment that would have allowed foreigners to own land in the Philippines.    On Tuesday, February 2, the House committee on constitutional amendments deleted this provision just before they approved Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 2, which is designed to allow Congress to tinker with the current restrictions on foreign investors by way of legis...

The panel dropped the proposal to allow foreign ownership of land upon the motion of Iloilo Rep. Lorenz Defensor. (File Photo: House of Representatives of the Philippines/Facebook) MANILA – To mark Constitution Day, a panel at the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a measure proposing amendments to the “restrictive” economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, chaired by Ako Bicol Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr., adopted Resolution of Both Houses No. 2, with 64 committee members voting in favor of the resolution, three against, and w...

By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published January 26, 2021 2:04pm Capiz Representative Fredenil Castro on Tuesday urged the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments to bring the deliberations on the economic Charter change straight to the plenary to save lawmakers some time in the discussions. During the continuation of the panel deliberations, Castro suggested that the committee already terminate its hearings and vote on Speaker Lord Allan Velasco's Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 2, which proposes amendments to the restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. He argued...