House Resolution No. 870
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A RESOLUTION DIRECTING
APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
CONDUCT A THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF
LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED
CONSPIRACY BEHIND THE APPROVAL
OF CLA AIR TRANSPORT CO., AS THE
PHILIPPINE FLAG CARRIER AND FOR
POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF PERTINENT
LAWS INCLUDING THE ANTI-DUMMY
LAW
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House Resolution No.713 |
A RESOLUTION
DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON GOOD
GOVERNMENT AND WAYS AND MEANS OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID
OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED
CORRUPT PRACTICES AND DISMAL
PERFORMANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR) RESULTING
IN THE ENORMOUS SHORTFALL OF
REVENUE COLLECTION BY THE BIR
UNDER COMMISSIONER RENE BANEZ
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House Resolution No.
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RESOLUTION
ENDORSING THE CONFIRMATION OF
THE APPOINTMENT
OF HONORABLE HEHERSON T.
ALVAREZ AS SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL RESOURCES
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HOUSE
BILL NO. 5530
Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon
City, Phlippines
Second Regular Session
TWELFTH CONGRESS
HOUSE BILL NO. 5530
Introduced by Honorable ANICETO G.
SALUDO, JR.
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALITBOG, PROVINCE
OF SOUTHERN LEYTE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE
MALITBOG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the
House of Representatives in Congress
assembled:
Section 1. There shall be established
under the supervision of the
Department of Education a National
High School in Barangay Poblacion,
Municipality of Malitbog, Province of
Southern Leyte, to be known as the
Malitbog National High School.
Section 2. The Secretary of the
Department of Education is hereby
directed to take such steps as may be
necessary for the immediate
implementation of this Act and shall
issue such rules and regulations as
may be necessary to carry out the
purpose of this Act.
Section 3. The financial amount
necessary to carry out the provisions
of this Act is hereby authorized to be
appropriated in the General
Appropriations Act of the year
following its enactment into law and
thereafter.
Section 4. This Act takes effect upon
its approval.
Approved,
Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon
City, Phlippines
Second Regular Session
TWELFTH CONGRESS
HOUSE BILL NO. 5530
Introduced by Honorable ANICETO G.
SALUDO, JR.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Due to the escalating tuition fee
imposed by private high schools in the
Municipality of Malitbog’s Barangay
Poblacion, many high school students
were forced to enroll in public high
schools situated in remote areas where
they are required to travel long
distances just to get there.
Inaccessibility to public secondary
schools has not only been the obstacle
that students, their parents and
educators have to contend with. They
were also challenged with problems on
inadequacy of school facilities and
lack of teachers because of the
overcrowding that student displacement
have caused.
It is the responsibility of the State
to guarantee that basic education is
provided to every Filipino. It is
therefore imperative that the State
addresses this problem by establishing
more public secondary school units in
remote areas. Establishing the
Malitbog National High School in
Barangay Poblacion, Municipality of
Malitbog would greatly help many
students in their quest to secure a
brighter future for themselves and
their families.
Immediate approval of this bill is
earnestly requested.
ANICETO
G. SALUDO, JR.
HOUSE
BILL NO. 5505
Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon
City, Philippines
Second Regular Session
TWELFTH CONGRESS
HOUSE BILL NO. 5505
Introduced by Honorable ANICETO G.
SALUDO, JR.
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN
BARANGAY PRESIDENT QUEZON,
MUNICIPALITY OF LILOAN, PROVINCE OF
SOUTHERN LEYTE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE
PRESIDENT QUEZON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the
House of Representatives in Congress
assembled:
Section 1. There shall be established
under the supervision of the
Department of Education a National
High School in Barangay President
Quezon, Municipality of Liloan,
Province of Southern Leyte, to be
known as the President Quezon National
High School.
Section 2. The Secretary of the
Department of Education is hereby
directed to take such steps as may be
necessary for the immediate
implementation of this Act and shall
issue such rules and regulations as
may be necessary to carry out the
purpose of this Act.
Section 3. The financial amount
necessary to carry out the provisions
of this Act is hereby authorized to be
appropriated in the General
Appropriations Act of the year
following its enactment into law and
thereafter.
Section 4. This Act takes effect upon
its approval.
Approved,
Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon
City, Phlippines
Second Regular Session
TWELFTH CONGRESS
HOUSE BILL NO. 5505
Introduced by Honorable ANICETO G.
SALUDO, JR.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The 1987 Constitution states that the
State shall give priority to provide
basic education, which is a vital
component in fostering growth and
social progress among the youth. It
is the State’s responsibility to
ensure the accessibility of quality
education to every child in the
country.
The intention of this bill is to make
the said Constitutional provision
tangible through the establishment of
a national high school in Barangay
President Quezon in the Municipality
of Liloan, Province of Southern Leyte.
Barangay
President Quezon is strategically
located at the center of Barangays
Malansa, Bahay, Saub and Bitoon which
are too far away from the nearest high
schools located in Barangay Estela in
Liloan and Barangay Pinut-an in San
Ricardo.
Traveling to these schools are also
too difficult for students because of
the absence of roads, the rugged
terrain, and cruel shoreline
especially during the onset of strong
Northeast monsoon wind locally known
as “Cabunghan”.
These are the reasons the
establishment of the President Quezon
National High School is imperative.
It would provide the youth with better
opportunities to pursue their
education which would eventually lead
to better and more productive
citizens, necessary to the development
of the countryside.
Immediate approval of this measure is
earnestly requested.
ANICETO
G. SALUDO, JR.
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 870
Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
Twelfth Congress
2nd Regular Session
House Resolution No. 870
Introduced by Representatives
ANICETO G. SALUDO, JR.
A
RESOLUTION DIRECTING APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION,
INTO THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY BEHIND THE
APPROVAL OF CLA AIR TRANSPORT CO., AS
THE PHILIPPINE FLAG CARRIER AND FOR
POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF PERTINENT LAWS
INCLUDING THE ANTI-DUMMY LAW
WHEREAS,
CLA AIR TRANSPORT CO., a
Japanese-controlled, all-cargo
airline, is alleged to have
misrepresented its foreign ownership
and is registered officially as a
Philippine flag carrier under a
temporary authority granted by
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo;
WHEREAS, media has reported
that said Japanese-controlled,
all-cargo airline “exists only on
paper” and that it has “no planes, no
pilots and crew and no operating
records or history to speak of”;
WHEREAS, CLA Air Transport had
previously declared under oath that 60
percent of its capital was owned by
Filipino stockholders;
WHEREAS,
allegedly the CLA is owned 51 percent
by Filipinos and 49 percent by
Japanese investors, in violation of
the Constitutional provision, which
specifically mandates a 60 percent
ownership by Filipinos of any public
utility;
WHEREAS,
with the present composition of the
CLA Board of Directors, the
corporation is, in effect, owned and
controlled by Japanese investors where
the Filipinos are mere dummies of the
Japanese owners;
WHEREAS,
CLA Air Transport had been denied in
1999 of its application for an
extension of its temporary operating
certificate due to problems arising
from its ownership composition;
WHEREAS,
the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)
headed by then Transportation
Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez approved
CLA’s temporary permit for the six
month period from May 6 to Nov. 6,
2002 subject to full ratification by
the CAB in its succeeding meeting;
WHEREAS,
even without ratification, CAB
Executive Director Manuel San Jose,
forwarded the CLA Air Transport
application for an extension to the
Department of Foreign Affairs and
subsequently to Malacañang for
approval;
WHEREAS,
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,
unaware of the pre-conditions,
granted the six-month extension of the
CLA Air Transport, giving the
Japanese-controlled cargo airline a
national flag carrier status;
WHEREAS,
the transmission of said unratified
CAB resolution to Malacañang and its
consequent approval by President
Arroyo constitutes a well-planned and
executed conspiracy to circumvent the
Constitution and a sell-out of the
national interest;
RESOLVED
AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED,
to direct appropriate committees of
the House of Representatives to
conduct a thorough investigation, in
aid of legislation, into the alleged
conspiracy behind the approval of CLA
Air Transport Co., as the Philippine
flag carrier and for possible
violation of pertinent laws including
the Anti-Dummy Law.
Adopted.
ANICETO G. SALUDO, JR.
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 713
Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
Twelfth Congress
2nd Regular Session
Introduced by Representatives
RAUL
M. GONZALES, EMILIO T. ESPINOSA, JR.,
GERRY A. SALAPUDIN, CARLOS M. PADILLA,
CONSTANTINO G. JARAULA, VICENTE A.
SANDOVAL, DOUGLAS R. A. CAGAS,
PROSPERO C. NOGRALES, RODOLFO B.
ALBANO, JR. and GERARDO S. ESPINA
A RESOLUTION
DIRECTING
THE COMMITTEES ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND
WAYS AND MEANS OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT AN
INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION,
INTO THE ALLEGED CORRUPT PRACTICES AND
DISMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR) RESULTING IN
THE ENORMOUS SHORTFALL OF REVENUE
COLLECTION BY THE BIR UNDER
COMMISSIONER RENE BANEZ
WHEREAS,
the mid-year total tax collection
report of the BIR under Commissioner
Rene Bañez showed shortfall of P33.4
billion, the biggest ever in the
post-war years, the first double digit
shortfall where the current collection
is lower than the previous years’
collection for the same period;
WHEREAS,
the huge tax collection shortfall is
expected to result in serious damage
to the government programs especially
those designed for poverty
alleviation, food security, peace and
order and economic growth, thus
aggravating an already weakened
economy and further worsening the
projected budget deficit from a
projected target cap of P130 billion
to anywhere from P160 to P 200
billion;
WHEREAS,
the only possible source of funds to
make up for the monumental failure of
the BIR to meet its target revenue
collection for the year is foreign and
local borrowings, which will only
further aggravate the national debt
which is Php 195.5 billion as of June
2002;
WHEREAS,
among the major reasons behind the
unprecedented and lamentable shortfall
in tax collections of the BIR are
alleged multi-billion tax anomalies
under the leadership of BIR
Commissioner Rene Bañez for and in
behalf of the Fort Bonifacio
Development Corporation - Metro
Pacific - PLDT- Smart Communications
Group where he was previously
connected as a senior executive
officer and tax director prior to
rejoining government as BIR
Commissioner, and other companies
whose operations benefited directly or
indirectly from these questionable and
anomalous actions and decisions;
WHEREAS,
the extent and impact of the tax
anomalies and scams at the BIR under
Commissioner Rene Bañez, has seriously
impaired and wrecked government
finances as shown by the tax or
revenue losses incurred because of the
granting of special privileges and tax
breaks like tax refunds, exemptions,
devaluation of real estate property
values, which are now being exploited
as precedents by other groups of
taxpayers and this could further
reduce an already damaged and failed
revenue collection program with a PHP
33-35 billion shortfall for the first
half of the year alone;
WHEREAS,
efforts to ferret out the truth behind
the unprecedented revenue collection
shortfall, the tax scams and anomalies
at the BIR have been avoided by the
BIR Commissioner Bañez who has time
and again fed President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo lies and half-truths
to cover up for his incompetence and
dismal failures at the BIR;
WHEREAS,
the House of Representatives from
which the power to appropriate the
national budget emanates, will soon be
taking up the proposed national budget
for the coming year;
WHEREAS,
the lack of material information, the
miserable performance and gross
incompetence of the BIR under
Commissioner Bañez and the tax
scandals during his term, compels the
House of Representatives to look into
the malaise, lack of leadership and
failures of the BIR at the time when
the country needs to improved,
invigorated, competent, honest and
dedicated services at the premier
revenue collection agency of the
government;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
by the House of Representatives to
direct the Committees on Good
Government and on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives to
conduct an investigation, in aid of
legislation, into the alleged corrupt
practices and dismal performance of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
resulting in the massive shortfall of
revenue collection by the BIR under
Commissioner Rene Bañez.
Adopted.
RAUL M.
GONZALES
EMILIO T. ESPINOSA,
JR.
GERRY A. SALAPUDIN
CARLOS M. PADILLA
CONSTANTINO G. JARAULA
VICENTE A.
SANDOVAL
BENASING
O. MACARAMBON, JR.
DOUGLAS R. A. CAGAS
PROSPERO C. NOGRALES
RODOLFO B. ALBANO, JR.
GERARDO
S. ESPINA
HOUSE
RESOLUTION NO.
Republic of the Philippines
Commission on Appointments
Pasay
City
Twelfth Congress
2nd Regular Session
Introduced by Honorable
ANICETO G. SALUDO, JR.
RESOLUTION
ENDORSING THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT
OF HONORABLE HEHERSON T. ALVAREZ AS
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Whereas, Honorable Heherson T. Alvarez has been a formidable figure in both
Houses of Congress when he served as
Senator in the 7th to 9th
Congresses and as Representative of
the 4th District of Isabela
in the 10th and 11th
Congresses;
Whereas, Honorable Alvarez is a respected leader who helped formulate sound
policies significant to the country’s
economic growth and political
maturity;
Whereas, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has given her full
confidence in the ability of Honorable
Alvarez to make a difference in the
conservation and development of our
natural resources by appointing him as
the Secretary of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR);
Whereas, he has distinguished himself as champion of environmental protection
and conservation in his works with
environmentalist groups and in his
career as a legislator, being an
important figure in the passage of
vital environmental measures such as
the Clean Air Act of 1999 and the
Solid Waste Management Act 2001;
Whereas, in his stint as the Secretary of DENR, he has made essential decisions
that earned for him the respect of
various sectors of society;
Whereas, reputable environmentalist groups have signified strong support and
have staunchly lobbied for his
confirmation as Environment Secretary;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS
HEREBY RESOLVED,
that the appointment of Honorable
Heherson T. Alvarez be confirmed by
the Commission on Appointments.
Adopted.
ANICETO G. SALUDO, JR.
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