The House of Representatives is set to approve the proposed P2.606 trillion national budget for 2015 on third and final reading next week before the Congress adjourns for its  annual Halloween recess. 

Bulacan Rep. Gavini Pancho of the National Unity Party (NUP) has proposed a measure granting life and health insurance coverage, among other benefits, for long-time contractual public school teachers in state tertiary institutions. 

A top official of the National Unity Party (NUP) has declared that no legal or constitutional obstacles exist in Malacanang’s plan to use the Malampaya Fund to help the government  ward off a looming energy crisis in 2015. 

Bulacan Rep. Gavini Pancho of the National Unity Party (NUP) said the use of mobile phones, radio transmitters and similar electronic devices inside banks should be banned to help curb crime. 

Representatives Rodel Batocabe, Michael Angelo Rivera and Reynaldo Umali are pressing the government to provide aid totaling P600 million to electric cooperatives in regions devastated by typhoon “Glenda” last July.