The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure that requires informal settlers to be relocated in or near cities where they reside. 

Proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution that aim to strike out its restrictive economic provisions have hurdled the second reading stage of the House of Representatives. 

Three weeks before adjourning its session, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading several bills aimed at curbing monopolies, eliminating  unfair business practices and reenergizing the Philippine shipping industry, among other measures. 

Negros Occidental Representative Jeffrey Ferrer is pushing for the amendment of the Tax Code to ensure that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) complies with the true intent of Congress in exempting raw cane sugar from the value-added tax (VAT). 

A top official of the National Unity Party (NUP) said he believes Secretary Mar Roxas of the Department of the Interior and Local Government remains President Benigno Aquino III’s choice as the administration’s standard bearer in 2016.