CongressWatch Report

CongressWatch No.188 – Amending the Corporation Code

    5 October 2015 – Following the enactment of two “business friendly” laws namely the Go Negosyo Act (Republic Act 10644) and the Philippine Competition Act (Republic Act 10667), Senator Bam Aquino, chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship

    CongressWatch No.186 – CARP extension anew

      28 May 2015 – On 11 June 2014, President Aquino certified urgent for immediate action the measure which extends the land acquisition and distribution (LAD) component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

      CongressWatch No.185 – PBG-JFC meets House Leaders

        15 December 2014 – In the fifth meeting with House Speaker Sonny Belmonte on November 26, the Philippine Business Groups and Joint Foreign Chambers (PBG-JFC) renewed their call for the passage of key reform measures, halfway into the 16th Congress.