Philippine House Committee on Poverty Alleviation

The Philippine House Committee on Poverty Alleviation, or House Poverty Alleviation Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Committee on Poverty Alleviation
18th Congress
History
New session started	January 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)
Leadership
Chairman	Dahlia A. Loyola (PDP–Laban) since 2021
Minority Leader	Irene Gay Saulog (KALINGA) since 2019
Structure
Seats	28 members
Political groups	Majority (26)   PDP–Laban (8)   Party-lists (7)   NUP (4)   Liberal (2)   Nacionalista (2)   NPC (2)   PMP (1) Minority (2)   Party-lists (2)
Website
Committee on Poverty Alleviation

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the policies and programs that will tackle the poverty situation and similar measures on poverty alleviation including the promotion of the poor's right to equal access to opportunities for a better quality of life.^[1]

Members, 18th Congress

Position	Members[2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Dahlia A. Loyola	PDP–Laban	Cavite	5th
Vice Chairpersons		Domingo Rivera	CIBAC	Party-list
		Shernee Tan	Kusug Tausug	Party-list
		Ma. Fe Abunda	PDP–Laban	Eastern Samar	Lone
		Juliet Marie Ferrer	NUP	Negros Occidental	4th
		Ansaruddin Abdul Malik Adiong	Nacionalista	Lanao del Sur	1st
		Tyrone Agabas	NPC	Pangasinan	6th
Members for the Majority		Paul Daza	Liberal	Northern Samar	1st
		Manuel Cabochan	MAGDALO	Party-list
		Yedda Marie Romualdez	Tingog Sinirangan	Party-list
		Raymond Democrito Mendoza	TUCP	Party-list
		Manuel Luis Lopez	NPC	Manila	1st
		Geraldine Roman	PDP–Laban	Bataan	1st
		Jumel Anthony Espino	PDP–Laban	Pangasinan	2nd
		Ria Christina Fariñas	PDP–Laban	Ilocos Norte	1st
		Jonathan Keith Flores	PDP–Laban	Bukidnon	2nd
		Wilton Kho	PDP–Laban	Masbate	3rd
		Edward Maceda	PMP	Manila	4th
		Eric Martinez	PDP–Laban	Valenzuela	2nd
		John Marvin Nieto	NUP	Manila	3rd
		Romeo Jalosjos Jr.	Nacionalista	Zamboanga del Norte	1st
		Rolando Valeriano	NUP	Manila	2nd
		Florencio Noel	An Waray	Party-list
		Anthony Peter Crisologo	NUP	Quezon City	1st
		Romulo Peña Jr.	Liberal	Makati	1st
		Elizalde Co	AKO BICOL	Party-list
Members for the Minority		Irene Gay Saulog	KALINGA	Party-list
		Ma. Victoria A. Umali	A TEACHER	Party-list

Historical members

18th Congress

Member for the Majority

• Nestor Fongwan^{[lower-alpha 1]} (Benguet–Lone, PDP–Laban)

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• National Anti-Poverty Commission

Notes

1. Died on December 18, 2019.

References

1. "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. pp. 31–32. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. "HOUSE COMMITTEES - POVERTY ALLEVIATION". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines