House Bill/Resolution No. HB00639
AN ACT PROTECTING AND STRENGTHENING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVED AREAS, RECOGNIZING THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CONSERVED AREAS (ICCA) REGISTRY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
DATE FILED: 2019-07-01
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES since 2019-07-23
http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00639.pdf
House Bill/Resolution No. HB00638
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING PHILIPPINE PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS OF THE VENICE BIENNALE
DATE FILED: 2019-07-01
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
Bill Status:
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING: 2020-08-05
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2020-08-07
http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00638.pdf
House Bill/Resolution No. HB00637
AN ACT PROMOTING FOOD FOREST GARDENING, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
DATE FILED : 2019-07-01
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD since 2019-07-23
http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00637.pdf
House Bill/Resolution No. HB00636
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE PHILIPPINE HANDLOOM WEAVING INDUSTRY
DATE FILED : 2019-07-01
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRADE AND INDUSTRY since 2019-07-23
http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00636.pdf
Deputy Speaker and Antique Lone District Representative Loren Legarda urged the House Committees which are currently inquiring into the alleged unabated corruption in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to scrutinize the budgetary support given to Philhealth under the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018.
“The misuse of Philhealth funds is unconscionable especially during this time of the pandemic when the health of the people is on the line. As former Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, […]