HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV RECEIVED
Quezon City, Metro Manila DATE:
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Seventeenth Congress
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egular Session

House Bill No, 1359
BULLS AND INDEX SERVICE

Introduced by Honorable Roy M. Loyola

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Philippines, hailed as the “Pear! of the Orient Seas’, is very rich in natura

resources. It is blessed with fertile soil, long coastlines, diverse marine life, and
tropical forests which are home to various indigenous plants and wildlife. Its rich

environment offers an abundant supply of raw materials for livelihood

Apart from the abundance of its natural resources, Philippines also has an
abundant supply of human resources. With the higher rumber of Filipinos entering
the productive age of 15-64, it has strong workforce that only needs to be given the
right opportunities and government support in order to become an income-earning

consumers and an asset of the nation

This bill seeks to establish a livelihood and employment resource center in

every city and municipality in the Philippines that will provide trainings, knowledge

and technology for the poor and unemployed sector of the community. The Center
will focus on the production of goods for domestic consumption and eventually for
export which are not ordinarily included in industrial manufacturing. This includes
furniture making, handicrafts, ceramics, garments, pottery, omamental plants or
decor making, wood carving, food and agri-business production including aqua-
culture. With the creation of a livelihood and employment center in every municipality
and city, this will open opportunities for residents to engage in productive
undertakings and income-generating projects that are sustainable through the
support of the government.



Raising the quality of life for all is the ultimate goal of the government. This bill
complements the national livelihood programs of the government which aims to
Solve the growing unemployment problem. Moreover. it will encourage more people
to stay in their respective provinces or locaiities, which will in effect decongest urban
areas

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought

YY M. LOYOLA


Caraneunne

Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

1359

House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable Roy M. Loyola

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL LIVELIHOOD AND EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE
CENTER IN EVERY CITY AND MUNICIPALITY AND PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established, in every city and municipality, a
Livelihood and Employment Resource Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center,
complete with facilities and equipment to be organized, managed and operated by
the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in coordination with the local
government units and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (GSWD)

SECTION 2. The Center shall have the following functions:

a. To provide skills training services to develop the individual skills of
residents of the municipality for employment and for small scale
entrepreneurship;

». To provide the necessary knowledge, technology and training that
will cover all aspects of livelihood production such as furniture
making, handicrafts, ceramics, garments, pottery, fumiture,
‘ornamental plants or decor making, wood carving and agri-business
production such as poultry, fishery, hog and cattle raising

c. To provide livelihood skills development to open opportunities for
residents to engage in productive undertakings and income


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generating projects either through open, sheltered or self-
employment, including the deveiopment of practical skills for
backyard gardening, home-based aquaculture and livestock raising,
basic business management, technical-vocational occupation,
among others;

d. To provide coordination in extending government's priority support
to livelihood and employment:

e. To conduct special research relative to livelihood promotion and
employment generation, in cooperation with other agencies,
whether local, national or international, private or public, and to
disseminate the results thereof, and

f. To perform such other functions as may be assigned by the
Department of Social Welfare and Development and the city or
municipal government concerned.

SECTION 3. The Center shall be the hub of production of goods for domestic
consumption and eventually for export

SECTION 4. The DTI, in coordination with the DSWD, promulgate the

necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act

SECTION 5. The city or municipality concerned shall set aside twenty-five
percent (25%) out of the twenty percent (20%) Development Fund to fund the
Center, Provided, that the sum necessary to meet inadequacies in the
aforementioned funding shall be charged to the appropriation of the DTI under the
current General Appropriations Act. Thereafter, the sum necessary for the
continuous operation of the Centers shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. ~ All laws, decrees, orders, rules and
regulations and other issuances, or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act, are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.


a SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
2. after its publication in any newspaper of general circulation

Approved