Palawan Representative Franz Alvarez of the National Unity Party (NUP) is pushing a measure that aims to grant Filipino children with special needs a 20% discount on their purchases of basic goods and services, such as food and medicines.

Partylist lawmakers Cresente Paez and Anthony Bravo have proposed a law giving taxpayers the option of allocating 5% of their income tax to charitable institutions and non-government organizations.  

A measure expanding the 20% student fare discount to cover all kinds of public transport, including airplanes and ferries,  has been approved by the House of Representatives on third and final reading.

The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives has approved a measure authored by Davao City Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles, which aims to strengthen the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) by increasing its capability in resolving  labor cases. 

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said the initiative of President Benigno Aquino III to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on the sidelines of the  22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Chief Executive Officers Summit was a “welcome development” that “opens doors to numerous possibilities including the resolution of current and age-old conflicts.”