A training institute that will offer  continuing education programs on legislative processes and governance for lawmakers and their support staff has been established by the House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. 

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that would allow wiretapping in cases involving the trafficking of illegal drugs. 

The House of Representatives approved on Friday night (October 9, 2015) the proposed P3.002 trillion spending measure of the Aquino administration for 2016 before adjourning for a three-week break. 

Deputy Speaker Roberto Puno and three other congressmen have jointly authored a measure renaming a stretch of national roads traversing  the province of Rizal after the late President Corazon “Cory” Aquino, in recognition of her service to the Filipino people as Chief Executive of the Republic. 

Leaders of the National Unity Party (NUP) have urged their members to wait for the organization’s collective decision before committing to support a presidential candidate in 2016.