{"id":54605,"date":"2015-07-07T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54605"},"modified":"2015-07-08T02:55:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T18:55:22","slug":"bbl-on-top-of-house-agenda-belmonte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/07\/bbl-on-top-of-house-agenda-belmonte\/","title":{"rendered":"BBL on top of House agenda &#8212; Belmonte"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26564\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sonny-Belmonte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26564\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sonny-Belmonte-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (Photo courtesy of Cong. Regina Ongsiako-Reyes \/ YesMarinduque.com)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sonny-Belmonte-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sonny-Belmonte-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sonny-Belmonte.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (Photo courtesy of Cong. Regina Ongsiako-Reyes \/ YesMarinduque.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said that the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and the economic measures are among \u00a0the top priority as the 16th Congress opens its third regular session.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives will begin the third session on July 27.<\/p>\n<p>Belmonte said the priority bills include those\u00a0related to economic development and trade; national security, public order and safety; good governance; education; social protection; health; land productivity; sustainable energy and climate change adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>BBL, a top priority bill in the House, seeks to\u00a0create a new autonomous region in Mindanao run by a parliamentary government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to ensure a more meaningful autonomy while likewise paving the way towards a more effective provision of vital services to our people. We want a peace that is lasting and sustainable,\u201d Belmonte said referring to the BBL.<\/p>\n<p>Belmonte added that \u201cefforts for a lasting and genuine peace in the country with the end goal of achieving sustained and inclusive growth continue to top the agenda\u201d of the House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said that the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and the economic &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":26564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}