ANGKLA Party-List will endeavor to provide the much needed legislative backbone that will enable the Filipino seafarer to be globally competitive.
ANGKLA Party-List will be the voice of the seafarers in Congress. It shall amplify the collective whispers of the stakeholders of this sector for the benefit of the industry and the countless individuals and families who depend on it. ANGKLA Party-List’s primordial task will be to ensure the sustainability and development of maritime employment, in order to empower the Filipino seafarer to achieve greater heights not just for themselves and their families but for the country as well.
Towards this end, ANGKLA Party-List crafted a 5-Point Agenda that will respond to needs and concerns of the seafarers, their families and friends and the entire maritime industry:
- Protect seafarers’ livelihood;
- Represent and protect the rights of Filipino seafarers;
- Enhance seafarers’ global competitiveness;
- Heighten awareness on seafarers’ contribution to the country;
- Spearhead seafarers’ participation in government.
Meanwhile, ANGKLA Party-List has the following priority projects:
- Enact laws to complement and enforce the single maritime administration;
- Look into the benefits of seafarers through the OWWA;
- Creation of a Maritime High School to complement the K-12 Program of the government;
- Simplification of the document renewal procedures in the maritime sector and the setting-up of renewal centers in provinces.
HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED
| HB00719
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) AS THE SINGLE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS/CONVENTIONS GOVERNING MARITIME GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Status: Substituted by HB03766 |
| HB02643
THE ANTI-AMBULANCE CHASING ACT OF 2013, THEREBY AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, FURTHER PROVIDING PROTECTION TO SEAFARERS AND OTHER WORKERS, TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILIES Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2013-09-04 |
| HB02780
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MINDANAO MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY, PROVIDING FOR A GOVERNING BOARD, DEFINING ITS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Status: Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2014-06-10 |
| HB03270
AN ACT MODERNIZING THE PRACTICE OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES AND REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT 4565, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘THE NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING LAW’ Status: Pending with the Committee on CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION since 2013-11-18 |
| HB03647
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SCOPE AND PROCEDURE FOR PHILIPPINE SHIP REGISTRY, RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF MARITIME CLAIMS, AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, AS WELL AS PROVIDING ESSENTIAL INCENTIVES, WHICH COLLECTIVELY WILL PROMOTE A COMPREHENSIVE AND ORDERLY PHILIPPINE SHIP REGISTRY SYSTEM FOR THE REGULATION OF VESSELS CARRYING THE FLAG STATE Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2014-01-20 |
| HB03766
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) AS THE SINGLE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE 1978 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE STANDARDS OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS, AS AMENDED, AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OR COVENANTS RELATED THERETO Status: Republic Act RA10635 enacted on 2014-03-13 |
| HB04086
AN ACT PENALIZING PERSONS FOUND TO BE OPERATING OR OWNING MOTOR VEHICLES IDENTIFIED AS COLORUM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2014-03-11 |
| HB04550
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7471 AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9301, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS SHIPPING’ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Status: Pending with the Committee on WAYS AND MEANS since 2014-06-09 |
| HB04609
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7941, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PARTY LIST SYSTEM ACT Status: Pending with the Committee on SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS since 2014-06-11 |
| HB04884
AN ACT RENAMING CABILDO STREET IN INTRAMUROS, MANILA TO CAPT. GREGORIO S. OCA Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS since 2014-08-26 |
| HB04991
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10590, ENTITLED ‘THE OVERSEAS VOTING ACT OF 2013′ Status: Pending with the Committee on SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS since 2014-09-15 |
| HR00226
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE RECENT CEBU SEA TRAGEDY TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD VESSELS IN PHILIPPINE WATERS AND THE COMPLIANCE OF CREW AND SHIPOWNERS ON INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2013-11-25 |
| HR00314
RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TO ADOPT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL BROADEN THE OPPORTUNITIES OF WOMEN IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY THEREBY INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE MERCHANT MARINE PROFESSION Status: Pending with the Committee on WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY since 2013-09-25 |
| HR00347
RESOLUTION URGING PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION (PRC), COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED), TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA), NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH), AND ALL OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, WHICH ARE ALL MANDATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 75, TO COOPERATE AND SUPPORT THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) AS THE SINGLE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN THE FORTHCOMING AUDIT BY THE EUROPEAN MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY (EMSA) IN OCTOBER 2013 Status: Substituted by HB03766 |
| HR00519
RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING OUR NEWLY CERTIFIED MARITIME PROFESSIONALS, WHO WERE ISSUED THEIR RESPECTIVE CERTIFICATIONS OF REGISTRATION DURING THEIR OATH-TAKING CEREMONIES HELD ON 30 OCTOBER 2013, AND RECOGNIZING THE ORGANIZED PROCESS AND PROCEDURE IMPLEMENTED BY THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION (PRC), THROUGH ITS BOARD OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICERS, IN SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTING AND REGULATING THE LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS, AS WELL AS THE OATH-TAKING CEREMONY Status: Pending with the Committee on CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION since 2013-11-27 |
| HR00710
RESOLUTION TO COMMEND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, FOR ALL THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY HAVE EXTENDED TO THE FOUR FILIPINO SEAFARERS THROUGHOUT THEIR DETENTION IN ARGENTINA AND THEIR REPATRIATION TO THE PHILIPPINES Status: Pending with the Committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2014-01-29 |
| HR00851
RESOLUTION FOR CONGRESS, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCIDENTS THAT LED TO THE G.V. FLORIDA BUS ACCIDENT, WHICH TRANSPIRED IN BONTOC, MT. PROVINCE ON 7 FEBRUARY 2014, AS WELL AS ON THE EFFECTIVITY, ADEQUACY AND COMPETENCE OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) IN EXERCISING ITS REGULATORY POWERS AND IMPLEMENTING ITS POLICIES AND PROCESSES Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2014-09-26 |
| HR01247
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO STUDY, EVALUATE AND INVESTIGATE THE PROCEEDINGS AND RULES ADOPTED BY DPWH AND PPP CENTER IN THE CONDUCT OF THE BIDDING OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY INCLUDING THE ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES PERTAINING TO THE MULTI-BILLION PESO CAVITE-LAGUNA EXPRESSWAY (CALAX) PROJECT TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE GOVERNMENT’S PROCUREMENT AND BIDDING PROCESSES RELATIVE TO DPWH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2014-07-30 |