(UPDATE) BILLS that will speed up the country’s digital transformation top the House of Representatives’ priority list when session resumes today, January 23. Among the measures is the E-Governance/Government Act. "We will expedite the passage of these measures to implement the pronouncements of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Davos, Switzerland on his desire for the country to catch up with other nations in digital evolution," Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said. Romualdez said the House’s priorities for 2023 also include the 11 other bills that the Executive and Legislative branches agreed on in October during the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council’s (Ledac) meeting. The other urgent proposals are: An enabling law for the natural gas industry; Amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act; A Unified System of Separation, Retirement and Pension law; A National Land Use Act; A National Defense Act; A law on national government rightsizing; A budget modernization law; A law creating the Department of Water Resources; A law establishing the Negros Island Region; A Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers; The establishment of regional specialty hospitals. By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy […]