The House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill 8553 or the “Idle Government-Owned Lands Disposition,” which seeks to prescribe the mechanisms to facilitate the disposition of unused properties that are owned by the government for socialized housing.
Date: 01 December 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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MANILA, Oct 24 (PNA) - The Supreme Court (SC) turned down a suit questioning a Quezon City ordinance passed two years ago that increased the fair market values (FMVs) of land, buildings, and other structures in the city from 100 percent to as much as 500 percent.
Date: 24 October 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Oct 16 (PNA) - The House of Representatives approved on second reading a measure seeking to reform the country’s real property valuation and assessment system.
Date: 16 October 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Oct 8 (PNA) The Senate on Monday passed on third and final reading a proposed measure that would create the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development.
Date: 08 October 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Aug 6 (PNA) - The Supreme Court (SC) ordered the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), the Commission on Audit, the Register of Deeds for Parañaque City, the Light Railway Transit Authority and Manila Bay Development Corp. (MBDC) to file a comment on the petition filed by a partylist solon seeking the reconveyance of 44 hectares of ...
Date: 06 August 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, June 20 (PNA) - The NEDA Board’s National Land Use Committee (NB-NLUC) pushed for the immediate resolution of boundary conflicts among Local Government Units (LGUs) and reiterated its call for the passage of the proposed National Land Use Act (NaLUA).
Date: 20 June 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Mar 2 (PNA) - The Board of Directors of state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) has approved the planned acquisition of Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDS) stakes at PHP360 apiece.
Date: 02 March 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Feb 20 (PNA) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure penalizing the conversion of irrigated and irrigable lands for non-agricultural purposes to ensure food security in the country.
Date: 20 February 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Feb 15 (PNA) - The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure penalizing the conversion of irrigated and irrigable lands for non-agricultural purposes to ensure food securtiy in the country.
Date: 15 February 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Feb 14 (PNA) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a measure creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development.
Date: 14 February 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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The House of Representatives has approved on second reading House Bill 6775 seeking to create a Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development that would address the basic housing needs and requirements of Filipino families.
Date: 02 February 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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MANILA, Jan 21 (PNA) - The Makati City government has extended the deadline of assessment of business permits without penalty to Jan. 25, and the payment of business and realty taxes to Jan. 31, following the approval by the City Council of City Ordinance No. 2018-001.
Date: 21 January 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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Mayon Volcano Natural Park in Albay province and the Pasonanca Natural Park in Zamboanga City are now protected areas under two bills approved by the House of Representatives.
Date: 15 January 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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The House committee on agrarian reform chaired by Rep. Rene Relampagos (1st District, Bohol) has approved a substitute bill seeking to prohibit the conversion of irrigated and irrigable lands for non-agricultural purposes.
Date: 06 January 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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The House committee on natural resources chaired by Rep. Arnel Ty (Party-list, LPGMA) approved House Bill 5614 which seeks to declare the Kalayaan Island Group situated in the province of Palawan as alienable and disposable land for agricultural, residential and commercial purposes.
Date: 26 December 2017; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 159 which seeks to strengthen the right of the government to expropriate lands for the purposes of socialized housing.
Date: 29 November 2017; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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The House committee on Housing and Urban Development passed House Bill 165 declaring a portion of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, Barangay Krus na Ligas as a disposable asset for housing and urban settlement.
Date: 23 November 2017; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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The House committee on higher and technical education chaired by Rep. Ann Hofer (2nd District, Zamboanga Sibugay) on Monday created a technical working group (TWG) that will fine-tune House Bill 5908 which seeks to include the National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) among the subjects of engineering courses.
Date: 21 November 2017; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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The House of Representatives has approved on second reading House Bill 6589 seeking to rationalize the requirements imposed by the Department of Agrarian Reform regarding land registration to enable smooth and speedy transactions between DAR agents and the public.
Date: 24 October 2017; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill seeking to strengthen the right of government to expropriate lands for socialized housing.
Date: 17 October 2017; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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