Siobhy Mouse

23/12/2025

23/12/2025

𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐨. 𝟔𝟔𝟑𝟒 was filed to strengthen the 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭 (𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐍𝐨. 𝟕𝟓𝟖𝟏) by including 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 as 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, recognizing their direct impact on 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬.

As noted in the bill’s explanatory note, the proposal was informed by observed fuel price disparities, including cases where areas such as 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 experience consistently higher fuel prices despite comparable supply conditions—highlighting the need for 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 and 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 by affirming that profits must be 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, taking into account 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, and other justifiable operational expenses.

Any government action under the Price Act remains 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞-𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, particularly for 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬, and may only be exercised 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐰.

The measure reinforces 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 while remaining consistent with existing market mechanisms and the 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐰.

21/12/2025

20/12/2025

🎄As Christmas draws near, may its spirit guide how we live not only today, but throughout the year.

18/12/2025

18/12/2025

📜 𝐇𝐁 𝟔𝟒𝟑𝟖 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝

Rep. 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨 𝐆. 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧 filed 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐨. 𝟔𝟒𝟑𝟖, a measure addressing long-standing land classification issues affecting specific areas in 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐬, and 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧-𝐀𝐩𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐧, and grounded on 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏𝟑𝟕, which allows lands originally reserved for mining—but later determined to be more suitable for non-mining purposes—to be withdrawn from mining reservation and returned to the public domain, subject to law.

The bill seeks to 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟓, and 𝟔) located in these barangays, covering 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝟕𝟏) 𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬, more or less, from existing mining reservations and place them under classification as 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, subject to law.

While portions of these areas were covered by 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨. 𝟒𝟏𝟒, 𝐬. 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟕, its implementation was not completed due to the absence of the required 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐁 𝟔𝟒𝟑𝟖 addresses this long-standing legal gap by providing the necessary legislative authority.

Under the bill, the 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐑) is mandated to:

• conduct validation surveys of the segregated areas
• ensure that forest and watershed reserves within the area absolutely remain as reservations and are immediately fenced, in coordination with the 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐨
• dispose of and award the segregated land only to 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 and/or 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, strictly pursuant to 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐍𝐨. 𝟕𝟑𝟎 and/or 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟐𝟑
• coordinate with the 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐨 to integrate the areas into local land-use and housing plans

This measure responds to decades-long land status uncertainty affecting 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, while 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 forest and watershed areas and supporting 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲, 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 urban development.