Legislative Performance
BARBERS, Robert
Bills Authored:
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An Act to Eliminate Racketeering Activities and Criminal Syndicates by
Making Money-Laundering Punishable and for Other Purposes
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An Act Instituting the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2000,
Repealing Republic Act No. 6425, Otherwise Known as The Dangerous Drugs Act of
1972, as Amended, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
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An Act Providing for the Modernization of the Philippine National Police
and for Other Purposes
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An Act Reorganizing and Modernizing the National Bureau of Investigation,
Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act Granting Five Hundred (P500.00) Pesos Monthly Allowance to All
Barangay Tanods and Appropriating Funds Therefor
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An Act Establishing a System Wherein First Time Youthful Offenders
Convicted of Minor offenses Whose Penalty is Suspended Shall Render Community
Service in Their Respective Cities/Municipalities and for Other Purposes
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An Act Amending Republic Act No. 8177 Otherwise Known as An Act
Designating Death by Lethal Injection as a Method of Carrying Out Capital
Punishment, Amending for the Purpose Article 81 of The Revised Penal Code as
Amended by Section 24 of R.A. No. 7659
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An Act Amending the First Sentence of Article 2206 of The Civil Code of
the Philippines
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An Act Authorizing Law Enforcement officers to Effect Warrantless Arrest
Under Certain Conditions and for Other Purposes
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An Act Prescribing institutional Responsibility on Members of Law
Enforcement Agencies and Other Government officials and Employees in Giving
Testimony in Dangerous Drugs Cases, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No.
6425, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, Providing
Penalties for Violations Therefor, and for Other Purposes
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An Act to Impose Higher Penalties Upon Persons Guilty of Carnapping
Amending for the Purpose Section 14 of R.A. 6539, Otherwise Known as The
Anti-Carnapping Act
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An Act Authorizing Barangay officials to Execute and to Aid in the
Execution of Warrants of Arrest and for Other Purposes
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An Act Establishing the Philippine College for Local Governance and Public
Safety, Creating Its Charter, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act Lowering the Age of Majority From Eighteen to Sixteen Years Old in
Cases involving the Commission of Heinous Crimes Amending for the Purpose
Article 47 of the Revised Penal Code as Amended by Republic Act 7659 and the
Provisions on Suspended Sentence of Presidential Decree 603
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An Act Amending Section 4 of Republic Act Number Eighty Forty Nine,
Otherwise Known as the Anti-Hazing Law, Reclassifying Death Resulting From
Hazing or Other Forms of Initiation Rites as Heinous Crime, Increasing the Penalty
Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act to Standardize the Salaries of the Uniformed Employees of the
Department of Interior and Local Government by Increasing the Basic Salary of
the Members of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Providing Funds
Thereof and for Other Purposes
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An Act Prescribing the Manner within which Certain Members of the
Philippine National Police Can Engage in Outside Employment, and for Other
Purposes
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An Act Strengthening the Internal Affairs Service for the Philippine
National Police Amending for the Purpose Title V of Republic Act Numbered
Eighty Five and Fifty One Entitled An Act Providing for the Reform and
Reorganization of the Philippine National Police, as Amended, Appropriating
Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act Granting Additional Benefits and Incentives to Public School
Teacher, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act to Amend Article 97 of Act 3815, as Amended, the Revised Penal
Code, Providing Allowance for Good Conduct for Detention Prisoners in Any Penal
Institution During This Period of Their Preventive Imprisonment, and for Other
Purposes
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An Act Adjusting the Rate of Subsidiary Imprisonment from One Day for Each
P8.00 to one Day for an Amount Equivalent to the Prevailing Daily Minimum Wage
of a Laborer in the National Capital Region Amending for the Purpose Article
Thirty Nine of The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, as Amended
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An Act Requiring Owners and/or Operations of All Land, Air and Sea Common
Carriers to Provide Immediate Financial Assistance to Victims of Accidents or
Tragedies, Providing Penalties for Violation Thereof, and for Other Purposes
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An Act Strengthening and Developing the Sports of Boxing Through the
Promotion of Local and International Boxing Events, Appropriating Funds Thereof
and for Other Purposes
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An Act to Permit Illegitimate Children to Use their Father's Surname and
to Permit the Father Visiting Privileges Amending for the Purpose Article 176
of Executive Order No. 209 Otherwise Known as The Family Code of the Philippines
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An Act Amending the First Paragraph of Section 15 of Commonwealth Act
Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Three (CA 473) by Providing for the Acquisition
of Philippine Citizenship for an Alien Married to Any Person Who is a Citizen
of the Philippines
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An Act Authorizing Barangays to Enter into Official Contract with National
Government Agencies and Local Government Units to Undertake the Delivery of
Basic Services for the Purpose of Providing Employment to Barangay Residents
and for Other Purposes
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An Act Amending Republic Act 7432 An Act to Maximize the Contribution of
Senior Citizens to Nation-Building, Grant Benefits and Special Privileges and
for Other Purposes, Providing Livelihood Programs to Establish Self Reliance
and for Other Purposes
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An Act Adding One More Ray in the Sun of the Philippine Flag to Represent
the Muslim Mindanao
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An Act Establishing a Hall of Fame for Soldiers, Policemen and Other Law
Enforcers, Including Legitimate Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU)
Members, Who Died While in the Line of Duty, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and
for Other Purposes
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An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 7432 Entitled An Act to Maximize the
Contribution of Senior Citizens to Nation Building, Grant Benefits and Special
Privileges and for Other Purposes
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An Act Authorizing the Municipality, City and/or Province to Regulate
and/or Prohibit Gambling and Other Games of Chance Within Their Territorial
Jurisdiction, Amending for This Purpose the Pertinent Provisions of Republic
Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as the Local Government Code of 1991 and for
Other Purposes
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An Act Instituting Prison Reforms, Imposing a Penalty for Violations
Thereof, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act Granting Employees of the Government and Private Sectors a Five Day
Leave With Pay In Case of Death of an Immediate Member of their Family and for
Other Purposes
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An Act Granting Monthly Pensions to Government Retirees Under R.A. 1616
Who Have Reached the Age of Seventy Four (74), Appropriating Funds Thereof and
for Other Purposes
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An Act Criminalizing Overloading of Passenger Ships, Ferries and Land
Commuter Vehicles, Providing the Penalty of Reclusion Temporal and Reclusion
Perpetua to Death, as the Case May Be, for those Found to have Acted in
Violation Thereof and for Other Purposes
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An Act Amending P.D. N0. 401, as to Provide for Stiffer Penalties for
Unauthorized Water Installation or Connections, the Tampering of Meters, and
the Use of Tampered Meters, Regulating the Use of Water Generators and the
Installation of Water Tanks Beneath Mainline Water Pipes and Providing
Penalties for Violation Thereof
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An Act to Integrate in the Curricula of All Education Institutions
Including Non-formal, Indigenous Learning and Out-of-School Programs, a Course
on the Philippine Society and the Environment
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An Act Amending Section Two of Presidential Decree Numbered Eighty Hundred
Twelve, Entitled A Decree on Legal and Cultural Deposit, Requiring Publishers
of Printed Books to Furnish, Free of Charge, Copies Thereof to the
Congressional Libraries of the House of Representative and the Senate
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An Act Codifying the Laws on Civil Aviation Security, Identifying and
Penalizing Acts Inimical to Civil Aviation and Those Constituting Unlawful
Interference to Civil Aviation, Providing Stiffer Penalties Therefor and for
Other Purposes
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An Act Amending Section 8 (A) (A) and (B) of Republic Act No. 6713
Otherwise Known as The Code of the Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public
officials and Employees
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An Act Allowing Deduction From Gross Income of Interest Paid for Housing
Loan, Amending the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997
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An Act Amending Section 10 of Republic Act No. 26 Entitled An Act
Providing a Special Procedure for the Reconstitution of Torrens Certificate of
Titles Lost or Destroyed, and Imposing Stiffer Penalties for the Falsification
of Torrens Certificate of Title, or in any Manner Deal in Transactions Using
Fake and Spurious Land Titles
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An Act Increasing the Penalty for Election Offenses and Classifying
Certain Election Offenses as Heinous Crimes, Imposing the Death Penalty for
Violation Thereof, and for Other Purposes
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An Act Prohibiting the Detention of Living and Deceased Patients in
Hospitals and Other Medical Institutions for Non-Payment of Hospital Bills or
Other Medical Expenses Providing Penalties Thereof and for Other Purposes
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An Act Further Rationalizing the Power of Assumption or Certification of
Labor Disputes by the Secretary of Labor and Employment by Restricting the
Meaning of Industries Indispensable to the National Interest, Amending for This
Purpose Article 263 (G) of Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise
Known as The Labor Code of the Philippines
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An Act to Vest Provincial Vice Governors, City and Municipal Vice Mayors
with the Power to issue Subpoenas and to Cite for Contempt Any Person Whether
Natural or Juridical, Amending for That Purpose Section 49 of Republic Act No.
7160 Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991 and for Other
Purposes
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An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7277, Otherwise Known as the Magna Carta
for Disabled Persons, Granting Additional Privileges and incentives to Disabled
Persons Similar to Those Enjoyed by Senior Citizens, and for Other Purposes
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An Act Establishing A College Education Trust Fund for the Children of
Members of the Government Service Insurance System and the Social Security
System, and for Other Purposes
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An Act Penalizing Drivers and Operators of Taxicabs Who Choose and/or
Refuse to Load and Render Services to Passengers, Instituting Penalties Thereof
and for Other Purposes
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An Act Amending Section 6 of Republic Act No. 7883, Otherwise Known as The
Barangay Health Workers' Benefits and Incentives Act of 1995, Providing a
Mandatory Allowance of One Thousand Pesos to Volunteer Barangay Health Workers
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An Act to Ensure Safety During Sea and Air Travel, Providing Penalties for
Violation Thereof and for Other Purposes
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An Act Amending Certain Provisions of Act Numbered Thirty Eight Hundred
Fifteen, as Amended Otherwise Known as The Revised Penal Code
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An Act Prescribing a Sixty-Day Mandatory Prescriptive Period for the
Release of Retirement or Gratuity Benefits to Public and Private Employees From
the Date of Submission of All Requirements Necessary for the Same, Providing
Penalties for Non-Compliance Thereof and for Other Purposes
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An Act Prohibiting the Use of the Word `Muslims' in Print and Broadcast
Media to Describe Any Person Suspected of or Convicted for Having Committed
Criminal or Unlawful Act and Providing Penalties for Violation Thereof
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An Act Prohibiting the Filming of the Life Story of Criminals for
Commercial Purposes, Providing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act Granting the Professional Cycling Paragon Philippines Inc. a
Franchise to Construct, Operate and Maintain Bicycle Race Tracks (Velodromes)
for Bicycle Racing in the Philippines and for Other Purposes
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An Act Reorganizing and Reconstituting the Philippine National Police and
for Other Purposes
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An Act Establishing the Philippine Coast Guard as a Separate and Distinct
Service Under the Department of Transportation and Communications, Amending
Republic Act No. 5173, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
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An Act Regulating the Practice of Real Estate Service in the Philippines,
Creating a Real Estate Commission and Appropriating Funds Therefor
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An Act Establishing a National Identification System in the Philippines,
Providing for its Uses and for Other Purposes
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An Act Restructuring, Re-Allocating Prosecution Positions and
Strengthening the National Prosecution Service and Providing Additional Funds
Therefor
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An Act Instituting the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002,
Repealing Republic Act No. 6425, Otherwise Known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of
1972, as Amended, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act Declaring the State Policies on Overseas Filipino Workers,
Establishing the Promotion and Protection of Their Welfare and for Other
Purposes
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An Act Amending Republic Act Number 6963, Otherwise Known as An Act
Granting Special Financial Assistance and Benefits to the Family or Beneficiary
of Any Police or Military Personnel or Firemen Killed or Permanently
Incapacitated While in the Performance of His Duty or by Reason of His Office
or Position, and for Other Purposes
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An Act to Provide Professionals and Other Calling Equal Access and
Opportunity Thru Mass Media to Inform the Public of the Availability of Their
Professional Services and for Other Purposes
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An Act to Deter and Punish Acts of Terrorism and for Other Purposes
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An Act Amending Presidential Decree No. 1987, Otherwise Known as An Act
Creating the Videogram Regulatory Board, and for Other Purposes
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An Act Uncreasing the Penalties for Jueteng and Other Illegal Numbers
Games, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree 1602, and for Other
Purposes
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An Act Further Amending Section 75 of Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand
Nine Hundred Seventy-Five, as Amended by Section 34 of Republic Act Numbered
Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-One by Including Within Its Coverage Retired
Members of the Defunct Integrated National Police, and for Other Purposes
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An Act Amending the Fire Code of the Philippines
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An Act Creating the Local Government Academy of the Philippines, Providing
Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
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An Act Providing for Retirement Benefits of Justices and All Judges in the
Judiciary, Further Amending for the Purpose Section One of Republic Act
Numbered Nine Hundred and Ten, as Amended
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An Act Amending Presidential Decree No. 1314 Entitled Repealing
Presidential Decree No. 814, Redefining the Policies on Land Tenure in the
Tondo Foreshore Dagat-Dagatan Urban Development Project and for Other Purposes
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An Act Abolishing the Sangguniang Kabataan and Amending Relevant
Provisions of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government
Code of 1991, and in Lieu Thereof, Providing for the Election of a Youth Sector
Representative in the Various Local Government Units
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An Act Classifying Certain Types of Smuggling as Heinous Crime Amending
for that Purpose Republic Act No. 7659 Entitled An Act to Impose the Death
Penalty on Certain Heinous Crime and for Other Purposes
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An Act Prohibiting the Publication of Lewd Photographs and Sex Stories and
Articles in Tabloids and Broadsheet Newspapers, Providing Penalties Therefor
and for Other Purpose
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An Act Institutionalizing the Doctrine of Command Responsibility in All
Levels of Command in All Law Enforcement Agencies, Providing Penalties
Therefore and for Other Purposes
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An Act
Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 7160 Otherwise Known as The
Local Government Code of 1991