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    • House bill seeks monthly fuel subsidy for municipal fisherfolk 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, May 15, 2023, on page 9)
      Municipal fisherfolk will receive a monthly fuel subsidy of not less than PHP1,000 under House Bill No. 8007 or the “Pantawid Pambangka Act of 2023”. The Department of Agriculture (DA) will administer the monthly subsidy ...

    • House bill seeks more benefits for farmers, fishers 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, October 10, 2022, on page A4)
      Agri party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee has filed a bill for pension and social security benefits to farmers and fishers. The measure shall guarantee the farmers and fishers’ steady source of income to meet their basic needs ...

    • House bill sets Phl's archipelagic sea lanes 

      Punay, Edu (The Philippine Star, January 9, 2021, on page 5)
      As the territorial dispute with China over areas in the West Philippine Sea remains unresolved, a measure setting limits on the entry and passage of foreign vessels and aircraft in the country’s territorial seas has been ...

    • House creates P100-M trust fund for Phl Rise research 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, February 12, 2018, on page 11)
      Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Philippines shall exercise sovereign rights over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the body of water extending up to 200 nautical miles from the ...

    • House declares PH Rise portion 'protected area' 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, July 28, 2021, on page A4)
      The House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday approved a bill declaring a portion of the Philippine Rise a protected area. At a congressional hearing Tuesday, the committee, chaired by Rep. Elpidio ...

    • House inquiry on Iloilo oil spill, explosion pushed 

      (Manila Standard, August 3, 2020, on page A3)
      A congressman filed a House Resolution calling for an investigation into the July 3 explosion at a power plant of AC Energy Corp. at Zone 3, Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City that resulted in an oil spill. Ilocos Sur First ...

    • House leader lauds order to dismantle fishpens 

      (The Manila Times, December 19, 2017, on page A7)
      Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza on Monday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte's latest order to the local government units (LGUs) in Laguna de Bay to destroy the fishpens that have been ...

    • House leader wants total ban on further reclamations of Manila Bay 

      Atienza, Charissa M.; De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2019, on page 1-10)
      Deputy Speaker and Pangasinan Rep. Rose Marie “Baby” Arenas wants to prohibit and declare a total ban on further reclamations of Manila Bay. She branded as “alarming” the ongoing rush to execute the reclamation projects, ...

    • House leaders rally behind ‘gentleman’s agreement’ on West Philippine Sea 

      Luci-Antienza, Charissa M. (Manila Bulletin, May 22, 2017, on page 1-6)
      House leaders rallied behind the proposed “gentleman’s agreement” between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday to ensure a stable and peaceful West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Eastern ...

    • House leaders to consult FVR, Carpio on sea row 

      (The Philippine Star, September 19, 2016, on page 6-7)
      The leadership of the House of Representatives under Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez intends to consult the expertise of former president Fidel Ramos and Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio on issues surrounding the West ...

    • House measure defines PH territorial waters 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2015, on page A8)
      The house of representatives has officially endorsed to the Senate a bill defining the Philippines' territorial waters that may be exploited and explored for resources in the face of the sea disputes with neighboring ...

    • House measure eyes establishment of climate change academy 

      Quismorio, Ellson A. (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2015, on page 2)
      Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district, Cagayan de Oro) and his younger brother, Maximo Rodriguez (Abante Mindanao party-list), through House Bill (HB) No. 3987 is seeking the establishment of the Philippine Academy for Climate ...

    • House OKs 3 bills protecting Phl territorial waters 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, June 13, 2015, on page 7)
      The House of Representatives has passed three measures aimed at protecting the country's territorial waters and marine resources, Feliciano Belmonte Jr. announced before the chamber adjourned on Wednesday. Approved were ...

    • House OKs bill providing settlement sites for fisherfolk 

      PR (SunStar Philippines, February 17, 2021, on page 2)
      A House committee recently approved on third and final reading a landmark legislation that seeks to provide permanent resettlement sites to tens of thousands of Filipino fisherfolk and their families. House Bill 6876, ...

    • House panel OK's bill protecting areas of 'West Philippine Sea' 

      Cruz, Beatriz Marie (BusinessWorld, January 26, 2023, on page S1/9)
      A Philippine House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to declare parts of the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea protected zones. The House committee on natural ...

    • House panel okays bill on swift reversion of abandoned fishponds 

      Rosario, Ben (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2019, on page 2)
      A House of Representatives committee has approved a bill proposing to cut short the waiting period for reversion to forestlands of unutilized and abandoned fishponds, saying that the move would help address the devastating ...

    • House panel OKs ban on microplastics 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, September 13, 2018, on page B8)
      Rep. Rodel Batocabe of party-list Ako Bicol said the House committee on ecology headed by Nueva Ecija Rep. Estrellita Suansing gave its green light to House Bill 8120, or the “Microplastics Ban Act of 2018.” “This time the ...

    • House panel Oks bill declaring portion of Philippine Rise s protected area 

      Philippine Daily Inquirer (Panay News, July 8, 2021, on page 5-14)
      A committee in the House of Representatives approved a measure seeking to declare a portion of the Philippine Rise—also known as Benham Rise—as a protected area. During its meeting on Wednesday, the House committee on ...

    • House panel questions impact of Manila Bay reclamation 

      Tadalan, Charmaine A. (BusinessWorld, February 12, 2019, on page S1/5)
      The House committee on Metro Manila Development on Monday raised concerns about the Manila Bay cleanup, questioning plans for further reclamation. “There are many possibly destructive effects of the planned reclamation,” ...

    • House probe on delayed Manila Bay project sought 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, June 3, 2022, on page 8)
      An administration lawmaker has filed a resolution in the House of Representatives, urging the committee on good government and public accountability to conduct an investigation over a developer’s delay to finish its contract ...