Baguio solon files 49 resolutions, 4 enacted to law

AFTER a year in Congress, Baguio Representative Marquez Go said four of his 49 resolutions filled in Congress were signed into law.

Go, during his State of the District Address said the four measures include the SSS Pension Increase; the Postponement of the October 2016 Barangay and SK Elections; and the Scholarship Grants to Qualified Tertiary Students and the Study Now Pay Later Program in Private Higher Education Institutions.

“The Study Now Pay Later Program were consolidated and made part of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act that will provide free tuition fee and other school fees in the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs),” Go reiterated.

The first term solon meanwhile said three bills were approved on third reading which

includes declaring September 3 as Special Non-Working Holiday in the City of Baguio, while seven bills were approved in the committee level including the creation of the BLISTT Development Authority (BLISTTDA), the Cordillera Institute of Technical Education (CSITE), BLISTT Economic Zone and increasing the bed capacity of Baguio General Hospital.

“Our bill on the creation of BLISTT Development Authority will soon be taken up in the Appropriations Committee and will be finally reported out by the Committee on Government Enterprises which will later be calendared for second reading by the Committee on Rules,” Go reported.

Go added BLISTTDA seeks to centralize and oversee all development efforts and initiatives which deal with the challenges confronting the City of Baguio and nearby municipalities that will render basic social services with wider coverage and impact.

“Our bills on the establishment of the Cordillera Institute of Technical Education (CSITE), BLISTT EcoZone and Increasing the Bed Capacity of Baguio General Hospital were also awaiting the submission of committee reports for calendaring for second reading,” Go continued.

At least three bills will also be up for technical working group discussion that includes regulating outsourcing of work, which seeks to address issues on contractualization; increasing service incentive leave of employees; and the free dialysis treatment to poor patients. “The rest of our bills will soon be taken up for committee deliberation which include the Revision of Baguio City Charter, the Autonomous Region of the Cordillera and the conversion of 22 local roads to national roads; and our two new bills: the Barangay Road Development Program (BRDP) and the Utility Discount Increase for Senior Citizens,” Go quipped.

In addition, Go said he also co - authored 46 bills and principally authored with other congressmen 38 bills.