The operation of the habal-habal or motorcycle taxi, an indigenous means of transportation widely used in farflung areas in the Visayas and Mindanao, should be controlled and  regulated  by the local government units (LGUs), Misamis Oriental Representative Juliette Uy said.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. reasserted his stand against amending the Constitution to extend the term limits of elective officials, stressing that his position only favors revisions to the Charter’s economic provisions. 

To help the rural poor become economically productive, two partylist lawmakers have filed a measure seeking to provide temporary employment to qualified heads of families and single adults in impoverished households. 

Partylist lawmakers Mariano Piamonte and Julieta Cortuna have filed a measure requiring the installation of solar panels in public schools without electricity to improve the access to quality education of students in isolated and far-flung areas of the country. 

In a bid to encourage budget austerity and flexibility, Valenzuela City Representative Magtanggol Gunigundo is pushing for the passage of a law that would allow local government units (LGUs) and national government agencies to make use of their savings for unprogrammed capital outlay projects.