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MANILA - The 18th Congress has passed a total of 311 measures that received President Rodrigo Duterte's signature and were enacted into law, a House leader reported on Monday. According to the House accomplishment report, House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez said 119 of the laws were national in scope, while 192 were local. He noted that a number of laws enacted were specifically crafted to address the ill-effects brought by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the most significant of which were the Bayanihan 1 and 2 laws, which allowed the release of billions of pesos to fight the pandemic and protect the citizenry. "While almost everybody was forced to stay in their homes for safety during the community quarantine, House Members, officials and employees went out of their way to report for work and perform their duties diligently," he said. During the three-year run of the 18th Congress from July 22, 2019 to June 3, 2022, Romualdez said House members filed a to