Imagine Schools without Soft Drinks. Imagine the Youth in Nation-Building. (Sponsorship Speech for the Healthy Beverage Options Act)

Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao, Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo,
and Healthy Beverage Options Act advocate and 'Soda Slayer'
Chip Magno Gatmaytan with his parents, Dr. Cielo Magno (UP School
of Economics) and Atty. Dan Gatmaytan (UP College of Law).

Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao delivered this sponsorship speech during the 10 March 2014 hearing of the Committee on Basic Education and Culture for the initial consideration of House Bill No. 4021 (Healthy Beverage Options Act), which she authored with Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo.

Opening Speech in the Special Committee on Land Use Hearing

Dinagat Rep. Kaka Bag-ao delivered this opening speech in the 20 November 2013 hearing of the Special Committee on Land Use where the consolidated National Land Use Act was approved. She is a principal author of this proposed legislative measure.

Acceptance Speech for the Rotary Outstanding Surigaonon Award for Law and Public Service

Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao delivered this acceptance speech last 30 August 2013 for the Rotary Outstanding Surigaonon Award for Law and Public Service (Rotary International District 3860). 

[LEGAL NOTES] Extracting good policy from bad legislation: A review of Executive Order No. 79, Series of 2012

Are all critical areas in “No-Go Mining Zones” actually mine-free? Does the moratorium on mining prohibit the operations of mining within the protected areas? Are LGUs deprived of their Rule-Making Power when it comes to mining?

[LEGAL NOTES] Queries on CARPER beyond 2014

The DAR’s continuing mandate and authority to process and proceed with the acquisition and distribution of agricultural landholdings issued with Notices of Coverage prior to CARP expiration on June 30, 2014.

Utilization of legislated budget for a government program for its full implementation shall be allowed even after the expiration of said program.

No less than Section 4, Article VIII of the Philippine Constitution  mandates that “The State shall, by law, undertake an agrarian reform program founded on the right of farmers and regular farm workers, who are landless, to own directly or indirectly the land they till.” The same section adds that, “the State shall encourage and undertake the just distribution of all agricultural lands, subject to such priorities and reasonable retention limits as the Congress may provide xxx.”