MANILA, June 3 -- The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on the third and final reading a sweeping measure establishing a permanent national emergency response framework to protect Filipinos from fuel-driven inflation, energy shocks, supply disruptions, and future global crises.

Voting 294 against three with zero abstentions, the chamber passed House Bill (HB) No. 9305, or the proposed "Komprehensibong Alalay sa Livelihood, Inflation, Negosyo at Goods Assistance (KALINGA) Act."

Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III and House Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos are the principal authors of the measure, which drew the backing of 156 other lawmakers as co-authors.

The proposed KALINGA Act institutionalizes a whole-o...