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final readinq by the House 0f Repres€ntatives are
the security ofTenure Act (approved by the Senate
as of Wednesday afternoon), An Act Creating the
Coconrt lndustry Trust Fund, tbe National Land
Use Act, Depa(ment 0f Disaster Resilience Act, Tax
HoUSE SC€Eler Gloda acapagElA oyo -Refoiinlor Attractinq Better and Hiqh ouality Op-
portunities, An Act Establishing the FiscalRegime
Speaker Arroyo , tor Mining lndustry, An Act Amending the Excise Tax
on Alcohol Products, An Act lncreasing the Excise
to Senate: Tackld Tax R'Ate on Tobacco Products, An Act lnstituting
Reforms in Real Property Valuation and Assessment

Duterte's agenda in the Philippines, the Passive lncome and Financial

lntermediary Taxation Act 0f2019, and a Resolution
Proposing the Revision of the 1987 Constitution of
0UTG0ING House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
the Republic of the Philipplnes.
is calling the Senate to push for the leqislative
agenda of President Rodrigo R. Duterte before the
. , Ms. Arroyo also pointed out that the Hous€
reintroduced a billon the creation ofthe Coconut
l7'h Congress ends in three weeks.
lndustry Trust Fund which she hopes would "c0nform
"We want to achieve the legislative agenda of
more to the policy direction ofthe Executive and thus
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as he listed in his
onstitute...our maln priority for our last three \ ieeks'
2018 State 0fthe NationAddress (SONA), ptus the
{rork in the House of Representatives." The said bill
bill lowering the age of criminality that he person-
was vetoed by the President.
ally reque$ed lalt lanudry,"said Ms. Arroyo in her
The lTth consress will end on June 7 and
letter addressed to Seniite President Vicente C.
Sotto lll dated May 21. The Senate has scheduled a ! a new confills willstart on Juty 22. -vln(e
Anfclo C. Ferlcf.g
caucus on Wednesday.

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