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Plenary Session No. 16
September 15, 2021

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Sen. Grace Poe, sponsor of SBN 2094 or the Public Service Act, answers questions from Sen. Recto. Recto asked why foreigners will not be allowed 100% ownership of airports while airlines will be allowed 100% foreign ownership under the bill. #SenatePH 1/2 @SenGracePOE

Poe said there are issues and one of them is the acquisition of land that should be taken into account. She added that opening up the airline industry to foreign investors will unburden government from trying to bail out ailing companies in this sector. #SenatePH 2/2

Sen. Ralph Recto introduces an amendment to SBN 2094 otherwise known as Amending the Public Service Act that would disallow 100% foreign ownership of air carriers in the country. #SenatePH 1/3

Recto said SBN 2094 had categorized air carriers as a critical infrastructure which are considered vital to the country that its incapacity or destruction would have a debilitation impact on national security. #SenatePH 2/3

Sen. Grace Poe said foreign-owned airlines would not be allowed domestic routes. She said SBN 2094 would merely allow foreign investment in domestic airline companies. #Senate 3/3 @SenGracePOE

Sen. Richard Gordon supports HBN 8882 or An Act Revising the Charter of the City of Baguio. He said the city is one of the Philippines' rich national heritage sites and certainly the environment has to be protected. #SenatePH 1/2 @DickGordonDG

Gordon shared that he attended many conferences in Baguio City and even went there together with his wife at the height of meningococcemia, when the mayor then closed the city to all tourists, to eat fruits at the public market. #SenatePH 2/2

Sen. Pia Cayetano asks if the amended charter contains sustainable provisions for Baguio City. Tolentino, sponsor of HBN 8882, said that the charter contains the creation of creative council. He added there's nowhere in the PH can a charter be found with a creative council. 1/2

Cayetano proposed a council on sustainability or a sustainable officer to complement with the council of creativity. Tolentino replied the new charter is replete with sustainable provisions to protect and preserve watersheds, street parks and other forest projects. 2/2

Sen. Risa Hontiveros asks Sen. Tolentino, sponsor of HBN 8882, if there were ample protections included in HBN 8882 to recognize and protect ancestral claims and rights in Baguio City. #SenatePH 1/2 @risahontiveros

Tolentino said that there were provisions in HBN 8882 mandating respect for ancestral lands. He said many of the indigenous peoples in Baguio City are the original settlers.and owners of a substantial portion of the city by virtue of their ancestral domain. 2/2 @TOLngBayan

Sen. Franklin Drilon asks if SBN 2234 or the proposed Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act will reverse the country’s longstanding national policy of not promoting overseas employment. #SenatePH 1/3

Drilon pointed out that under RA 8042 or Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, the “State does not promote overseas employment as a means to sustain economic growth and achieve national development.” #SenatePH 2/3

Drilon added that while it has been repeatedly asserted in the hearings that labor migration is not a policy of the government, "we are now rearranging the bureaucracy on OFW to create a new department that deals with migration." #SenatePH 3/3

Sen. Kiko Pangilinan hopes that HBN 8882 or the act revising the charter of Baguio City, would address the renewal of the city as the summer capital of the country. #SenatePH 1/3 @kikopangilinan

Pangilinan shared that his childhood was filled with “wonderful, beautiful memories” of vacations in Baguio during summer days and he looks forward to the passage of this measure for the renewal of the city. #SenatePH 2/3 @kikopangilinan

Pangilinan also thanked Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong for his initiatives and his hard work in transforming Baguio City. #SenatePH 3/3 @kikopangilinan