AKO BICOL tackles creation of Commission on Immigration

AKO Bicol Rep. Rodel Batocabe, a member of the House Committee on Justice, actively participated in the Justice Committee meeting to tackle salient proposed legislations, particularly in the creation of the Commission on Immigration to introduce structural and institutional reforms in our present immigration system. Other bills include the Philippine Immigration Act and the installment […]

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AKO BICOL meets with Australian Political Exchange Council

The delegates of Australian Political Exchange Council (APEC) from Australia met with House Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez on Wednesday, May 17, accompanied by Deputy Minority Leader Alfredo A. Garbin, Jr. and Assistant Majority Leader Bernadette Herrera-Dy. Also present during the meeting were Majority Leader Rodolfo C. Fariñas and Finance Assistant Secretary Paola Sherina A. Alvarez. […]

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AKO BICOL joins House Committee in Duterte impeachment hearing

Deputy Minority Leader and Ako Bicol Party List Rep. Alfredo A. Garbin Jr. joined the House Justice Committee during the hearing on the impeachment complaint based on claims of killings, corruption, and other illegal acts supposedly committed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. However, the complaint was effectively dismissed as it was found by the committee […]

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AKO BICOL: No Place for Used Cooking Oil in Human Consumption

Congressman Rodel Batocabe of AKO BICOL Partylist confronted the threatening practice of recycling used cooking oil for human consumption. AKO Bicol Partylist filed House Bill 814 or “the Act Prohibiting the Selling and Retailing of Used Cooking Oil for Human Consumption and Providing for Penalties Therefor”. If the proposed legislation were approved into law, any […]

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AKO BICOL and PCFI discusses on Federalism and Partylist System

AKO BICOL Rep and The Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc. President Rodel Batocabe expressed his gratitude to Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung for accepting the invitation to talk about Federalism and the Partylist System. “This is just the first of many dialogues. We look forward to exchanging more ideas about federalism in the country and how the partylist system could […]

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