The 75-man ad hoc committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)  of the House of Representatives has reset voting on the measure to May 18 following several amendments introduced by lawmakers to either modify or strike out certain provisions in the proposed law. 

A measure instituting an integrated national identification (ID) system in the Philippines has been approved by the House of Representatives on second reading last week. 

A  lady lawmaker is pushing the  establishment of a National Cancer Authority in the Philippines to help raise the prevention rate for cancer, which is the third leading cause of death in the country.

Davao del Norte Representative Antonio Lagdameo Jr. has proposed the establishment of a Philippine National Banana Research Center to help  generate more fruits-for-exports revenues for the government and raise the incomes of small banana growers.

Partylist lawmakers Christopher Co and Rodel Batocabe of AKO Bicol want to bar lower courts from issuing temporary restraining orders (TROs) and other similar directives which prejudice the enforcement of the country’s environmental laws.