House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. NW-402
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7361
Direct: 8931-5504
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT IMPOSING STIFFER PENALTIES FOR CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610, AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-02-12
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-02-17
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-02-17, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-02-18 and received by the Senate on 2020-02-18
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING A SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AMENDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT 3720, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT 9711
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO OF R.A. 10868 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT HONORING AND GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO FILIPINO CENTENARIANS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: SENIOR CITIZENS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on SENIOR CITIZENS since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CULTURAL AND SPORTS TRAINING OF THE FILIPINO YOUTH BY RE-ORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, AND SPORTS (DECS), APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING ALL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE COUNTRY TO INSTITUTIONALIZE PROFIT SHARING, REPEALING AND/OR AMENDING ALL LAWS INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING A MUSLIM TRADE AND CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN THE CITY OF MANILA, AS THE CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: MUSLIM AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on MUSLIM AFFAIRS since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING A FIVE (5)-YEAR TAX HOLIDAY FOR THE FILM INDUSTRY BY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9167, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT CREATING THE FILM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: PUBLIC INFORMATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING INCUMBENT OFFICIALS FROM DESTROYING PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING A TOTAL OF FIFTY PERCENT (50%) DISCOUNT ON THE FARE OF SENIOR CITIZENS ON DOMESTIC FLIGHTS AND SEA VOYAGES; AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010'
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: SENIOR CITIZENS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on SENIOR CITIZENS since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING A COUNCIL OF ELDERS IN EVERY BARANGAY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT MAKING IT COMPULSORY FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES LANDING IN THE PHILIPPINES TO PLAY PHILIPPINE MUSIC IMMEDIATELY UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, AS WELL AS ALL PUBLIC AREAS LIKE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, TOURIST BUSES AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE HOTELS
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: TOURISM
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT 10361
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT 9147, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE WILDLIFE RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION ACT
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: NATURAL RESOURCES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 440 OF REPUBLIC ACT 10863, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION AND TARIFF ACT (CMTA)"
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: WAYS AND MEANS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WAYS AND MEANS since 2019-07-31
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 2 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1616, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ꞌCREATION OF THE INTRAMUROS ADMINISTRATIONꞌ
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-07-31
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2019-07-31
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: AN ACT RETURNING THE ADMINISTRATION, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF LUNETA PARK TO THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF MANILA
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-07-31
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: AN ACT RETURNING THE ADMINISTRATION, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF CLUB INTRAMUROS GOLF COURSE TO THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF MANILA
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-07-31
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA GOVERNMENT
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-07-31
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: THE MAGNA CARTA FOR FOREST RANGERS
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: NATURAL RESOURCES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES since 2019-07-31
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING A FIVE (5)-YEAR TAX HOLIDAY FOR THE HORSERACING INDUSTRY
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: WAYS AND MEANS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WAYS AND MEANS since 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-01-22
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-09-22
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-09-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-24 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-24
Date Filed: 2020-09-01
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE MUSIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-09-07
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-09-07
Date Filed: 2020-09-09
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF OUR NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE, THROUGH AN ENHANCED CULTURAL POLICY, HERITAGE EDUCATION, AND CULTURAL MAPPING PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066 OR THE NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009
Date Read: 2020-09-14
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-09-14
Date Filed: 2020-09-10
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROMOTION OF FILM AND TELEVISION TOURISM, CREATING THE FILM PHILIPPINES OFFICE, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-09-15
Primary Referral: CREATIVE INDUSTRY AND PERFORMING ARTS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on CREATIVE INDUSTRY AND PERFORMING ARTS since 2020-12-15
Date Filed: 2020-09-24
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS, ITS COMPOSITION, FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND MANDATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-09-29
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-09-29
Date Filed: 2020-11-23
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT 7160
Date Read: 2020-11-24
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2020-11-24
Date Filed: 2020-12-04
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING ENHANCED PROTECTION, SECURITY, AND BENEFITS FOR MEDIA WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-12-07
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-14
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-18
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-19 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2020-12-14
Full Title: AN ACT NAMING THE FIRST CEBU-MACTAN BRIDGE TRAVERSING THE MACTAN CHANNEL LOCATED AT A.C. CORTES AVENUE IN BARANGAY LOOC, MANDAUE CITY UP TO THE MANDAUE-MACTAN ROAD IN BARANGAY PAJO, LAPU LAPU CITY, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, AS SERGING VELOSO OSMEÑA JR. BRIDGE
Date Read: 2020-12-15
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-20
Bill Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2021-01-13
Date Filed: 2019-07-16
Full Title: A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO ANY AND ALL PROPOSALS, NEGOTIATIONS OR TRANSACTIONS SEEKING TO PRIVATIZE PUBLIC MARKETS IN THE CITY OF MANILA
Date Read: 2019-07-29
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-11-27
Date Filed: 2019-07-16
Full Title: RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE ENTITLED FILIPINO STRUGGLES THROUGH HISTORY, THE PRICELESS MASTERPIECE BY NATIONAL ARTIST CARLOS ꞌBOTONGꞌ FRANCISCO, FROM THE BULWAGANG ANTONIO J. VILLEGAS OF THE MANILA CITY HALL
Date Read: 2019-07-29
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-11-27
Date Filed: 2019-09-12
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TO RESTORE THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) AMOUNTING TO 19.37 BILLION PESOS THAT WAS REDUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO 14.421 BILLION PESOS
Date Read: 2019-09-16
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2019-09-16
Date Filed: 2019-09-30
Full Title: A RESOLUTION URGING ALL LEGISLATORS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ADOPT AND ALIGN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) IN THE BILLS CRAFTED IN THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Date Read: 2019-10-02
Primary Referral: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Bill Status: Substituted by HR00565
Mother Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00027 on 2019-12-16
Date Filed: 2019-11-05
Full Title: A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO CALL FOR AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROLIFERATION OF UNREGULATED COURIER OPERATORS
Date Read: 2019-11-06
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-01-21
Date Filed: 2019-11-05
Full Title: A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING FILIPINO-AMERICAN CHESS GRANDMASTER WESLEY SO FOR WINNING THE INAUGURAL FIDE WORLD FISCHER RANDOM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN HOVIKODDEN, NORWAY
Date Read: 2019-11-06
Primary Referral: YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT since 2019-11-06
Date Filed: 2019-12-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) AS THE FRAMEWORK OF LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO BE CRAFTED AND ENACTED IN THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Date Read: 2019-12-04
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-12-16
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00027 on 2019-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-09-09
Full Title: A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2020 GAWAD CCP PARA SA SINING AWARDEES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHILIPPINE ARTS AND CULTURE
Date Read: 2020-09-14
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-09-14
Date Filed: 2020-09-09
Full Title: A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PASSING OF MARIA AZUCENA VERA-PEREZ MACEDA, MORE FONDLY KNOWN AS “MANAY ICHU,” A PILLAR AND VANGUARD OF THE PHILIPPINE MOVIE INDUSTRY
Date Read: 2020-09-14
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-15
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00087 on 2020-09-15
Date Filed: 2020-09-28
Full Title: A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING MR. LAVRENTE INDICO “LAV” DIAZ, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, SCREENPLAY WRITER, AND EDITOR OF “LAHI, HAYOP (GENUS PAN)”, FOR WINNING THE ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR AT THE 77TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Date Read: 2020-09-30
Primary Referral: PUBLIC INFORMATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION since 2020-09-30
Date Filed: 2020-10-26
Full Title: RESOLUTION STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE LETTER-REQUEST OF SENIOR CITIZENS (SCs) AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWDs) RIGHTS ADVOCATE, ATTY. ROMULO B. MACALINTAL, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE TOLL REGULATORY BOARD TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAWS THAT GRANT 20% DISCOUNT TO SCs and PWDs ON THEIR PURCHASE OF LOADS FOR RFID TOLL FEES AND EXPRESSWAYS
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-11-16
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Born Ace S. Barbers on May 31, 1969 in Manila, Philippines. He is the second of the four siblings by ROBERT ZABALA BARBERS and VIRGINIA FLORES SMITH.
Ace as he is fondly called, successfully ventured into several business endeavors with his friends after college. He was engaged in importation business, cargo movement/logistics, and in agri/aquaculture in the countryside. After years of gaining experience in the private sector, He decided to enter politics to follow the footsteps of his father. He ran as congressman and won in the district his father once served in the province of Surigao del Norte in the north eastern part of the island of Mindanao. He served as member for three (3) consecutive terms of the Philippine House of Representatives during the 11th, 12th and 13th congresses. As member of the Philippine congress, he was elected as chairman of several committees’, such as committee on economic affairs, committee on accounts and committee on dangerous drugs. He was one of the young elected representatives of the 11th congress who played a crucial role in the ESTRADA impeachment for alleged corruption and violation of the constitution. His advocacies and principled stand on several national issues together with his equally young colleagues did not go unnoticed, the media coined a name for their group and called them THE SPICE BOYS’.
He is currently a member the 17th and 18th congresses of the House of Representatives and chairs the COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS DRUGS.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11
Introduced by Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and Rep. Bienvenido M. Abante, Jr.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR FOR THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF OTHE PHILIPPINES
RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE CONCURRING, That the Legislative Calendar for the Second Regular Session of the Eighteenth Congress of the Philippines shall be as follows:
CALENDAR OF SESSION
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
| 1. | Commencement of Session | July 27, 2020 - October 16, 2020 |
| 2. | Suspension of Session | October 17, 2020 - November 15, 2020 |
| 3. | Resumption of Session | November 16, 2020 - December 18, 2020 |
| 4. | Adjournment of Session | December 19, 2020 - January 17, 2021 |
| 5. | Resumption of Session | January 18, 2021 - March 26, 2021 |
| 6. | Suspension of Session | March 27, 2021 - May 16, 2021 |
| 7. | Resumption of Session | May 17, 2021 - June 4, 2021 |
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| 8. | Adjournment of Session | June 5, 2021 - July 25, 2021 |
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