House now has 30 deputy speakers
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 14) - The number of deputy speakers in the House of Representatives has increased to 30, just two months after Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco assumed the House leadership.
The chamber on Monday elected Cavite Rep. Strike Revilla as deputy speaker during the plenary session.
The deputy speakership is one of the top posts in the chamber. A deputy speaker has a voice and a vote in all committees.
Since Velasco took over last October, some allies of then Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have been booted out of their posts as deputy speakers.
Rep. Strike Revilla
The brother of Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. relinquished his former position as chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development to become deputy speaker.
The total number of speakers now stand at 30, the most in Congress history since the position was created in 1995 by then Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr.
A debate on the real number of deputy speaker continues to rage as it could not be ascertained whether or not Las Pinas Rep. Camille Villar is still considered one. She declined the appointment hours after it was called out on the floor last month.
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Published December 12, 2020, 11:26 AM
The House Committee on Health has approved a measure seeking to re-nationalize Polillo Medicare Community Hospital located in the municipality of Polillo in Quezon province, placing it under the direct supervision and control of the Department of Health (DOH).
In a recent virtual meeting, the House panel, chaired by Quezon 4th District Rep. Angelina Tan passed House Bill No. 6966, principally authored by Quezon 1st District Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga.
It was Negros Occidental 5th district Rep. Ma. Lourdes “Marilou” T. Arroyo who moved for the approval of the measure. The motion was seconded by Cavite 2nd District Rep. Strike Revilla.