House passes 31 of Marcos administration’s 42 priority bills

Also approved on third and final reading by the House were: a Magna Carta for seafarers, e-governance bill, creation of the Negros Island Region, creation of a virology institute, proposed fourth package under the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program, creation of centers for disease prevention and control, proposed Health Emergency Auxiliary Reinforcement Team Act, proposed new Philippine passport law, proposed Internet Transactions Act, proposed Waste Treatment Technology Act, legislation on free legal aid for military and uniformed personnel, proposed Revised National Apprenticeship Program Act, proposed Public-Private Partnership Act, a Magna Carta for barangay health workers, proposed Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act, creation of the Eastern Visayas Development Authority, proposed Leyte Ecological Industrial Zone Act, proposed Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery Act, establishment of the National Citizens Service Training Program, proposed law on national government rightsizing, the Maharlika fund bill, Ease of Paying Taxes, amendment of the Universal Health Care Act, Local Government Unit Income Classification, and proposed Department of Health Specialty Centers Act. —  Ma. Reina Leanne Tolentino