House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. SW-414
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7255
Direct: 8931-6489
Date Filed: 2019-12-17
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF FILIPINOS OVERSEAS AND FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-12-17
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-11
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-11, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-16
Date Filed: 2020-01-09
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO SULTAN KUDARAT TELEPHONE SYSTEM, INC. UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8637, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE SULTAN KUDARAT TELEPHONE SYSTEM, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT"
Date Read: 2020-01-21
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2020-01-21
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: 2020-02-27
Full Title: AN ACT DIVIDING THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO INTO TWO (2) PROVINCES, NAMELY: NORTHERN MAGUINDANAO AND SOUTHERN MAGUINDANAO
Date Read: 2020-03-02
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-10
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-01
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-01, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-03
Date Filed: 2020-05-06
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL COMPENSATION AND SURVIVORSHIP ASSISTANCE TO COVID 19 HEALTH AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND FIRST RESPONDERS, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE
Date Read: 2020-05-11
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-11
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (RRT) TO PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE IN NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, INCREASING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILHEALTH PACKAGE RATE FOR MEMBERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-27
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-02
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-03
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS STRATEGY FOR THE COUNTRY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF COVID-19, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-26
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-04
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-05-28
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING POLICIES, REGULATIONS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SAFEGUARDS FOR THE BETTER NORMAL IN THE WORKPLACE, PUBLIC PLACES AND COMMUNITIES TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Date Read: 2020-05-28
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-08-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-08-19
Date Filed: 2020-06-02
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COVID-19 UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION ECONOMIC STIMULUS (CURES) FUND AND INSTITUTING MECHANISMS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-06-02
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-05
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-05, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-08-05
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO MARBEL TELEPHONE SYSTEM, INC. (MTSI) TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE PROVINCES OF SOUTH COTABATO, SULTAN KUDARAT, AND SARANGANI
Date Read: 2020-08-11
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2020-08-11
Date Filed: 2020-10-14
Date Urgent: 2020-10-16
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERMITS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS IN TIMES OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-10-16
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01844
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-23
Republic Act No.: RA11517
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11517 enacted on 2020-12-23
Date Filed: 2020-11-09
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE COTABATO SANITARIUM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SULTAN KUDARAT, PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE COTABATO SANITARIUM AND GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-25
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-01
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-01, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-03
Date Filed: 2020-11-26
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000”
Date Read: 2020-12-01
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-19
Bill Status: Approved on Third Reading on 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2019-12-19
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT THE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP) BASED ON PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES INCLUDING THE HAGUE JOINT DECLARATION OF 1992 AND THE STAND-DOWN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 2018
Date Read: 2020-01-20
Primary Referral: PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY since 2020-01-20
Date Filed: 2020-04-27
Full Title: A RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL AND PRIVATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO GRANT AND EXTEND AVAILABLE CREDITS TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS AND FARMERS TO REDUCE THE EFFECT OF THE RESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID 19) OUTBREAK WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 992, s. 2020, DECLARING A STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PASSAGE OF R.A. 11469 KNOWN AS BAYANIHAN TO HEAL AS ONE ACT
Date Read: 2020-05-04
Primary Referral: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES since 2020-05-04
Date Filed: 2020-05-06
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO CONDUCT COVID 19 TESTING TO ALL DRIVERS AND CONDUCTORS, AIRCRAFT PILOTS AND ITS CREW, SHIP CAPTAINS AND ITS CREW, RAIL/LOCOMOTIVE PILOTS AND ITS CREW BEFORE ITS OPERATION AS PART OF THE MINIMUM PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS
Date Read: 2020-05-11
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-11
Date Filed: 2020-05-21
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ALL APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO STRONGLY IMPLEMENT THE LAWS TO GIVE ALL STUDENTS ACCESS TO EDUCATION THROUGH DISTANCE AND ONLINE EDUCATION BY USING ALL AVAILABLE PLATFORMS SUCH AS THE INTERNET, TELEVISION, RADIO, MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS DURING THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BROUGHT ABOUT BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Date Read: 2020-05-26
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-26
Date Filed: 2020-08-12
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE HIGHEST APPRECIATION AND PROFOUND GRATITUDE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ALL FILIPINO HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND FRONTLINERS WHO COURAGEOUSLY AND UNSELFISHLY RENDER THEIR SERVICES TO THE NATION AND ACROSS THE GLOBE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-02
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00082 on 2020-09-02
Date Filed: 2020-11-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PREPARE A VACCINATION PROGRAM PLAN AHEAD OF THE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED TO LOWER INCOME GROUPS AND TO THE MOST VULNERABLE (HEALTH WORKERS, SENIOR CITIZENS) ) TO COMBAT THE 2019 CORONAVIRUS DISEASE
Date Read: 2020-11-18
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2020-11-18
| Committee | Position |
|---|---|
| 1. Agriculture And Food | Journal #15Member for the Majority |
| 2. Basic Education And Culture | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
| 3. Flagship Programs And Projects | Journal #32Member for the Majority |
| 4. Health | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
| 5. Inter-parliamentary Relations And Diplomacy | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
| 6. Micro, Small And Medium Enterprise Development | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
| 7. Mindanao Affairs | Journal #15Member for the Majority |
| 8. Muslim Affairs | Journal #46Member for the Majority |
| 9. Natural Resources | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
| 10. Public Information | Journal #31Member for the Majority |
| 11. Public Order And Safety | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
| 12. Public Works And Highways | Journal #15Member for the Majority |
| 13. Sustainable Development Goals | Journal #11Member for the Majority |
| 14. Tourism | Journal #15Member for the Majority |
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 |
| (Sine Die Adjournment) | ||
| 8. | Adjournment of Session | June 5, 2021 - July 25, 2021 |
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