Representative Ma. Theresa Bonoan (4th district, Manila) is urging the Congress to pass a law that would create an office devoted to conducting research on the health of Filipino women.
The creation of two Sandiganbayan special divisions to exclusively handle cases involving anomalies in the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) could result in inconsistent and opposing rulings, Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. warned.
Micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) will soon be able to easily register their businesses and gain access to low-interest credit and other services in municipalities and cities nationwide with the ratification of the ‘Go Negosyo’ Act by the House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives has approved a total of 212 bills of which 10 are national bills awaiting presidential approval, and filed more than 1,000 measures during the first regular session of the 16th Congress, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said.
With the integration of the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations fast approaching, Misamis Oriental Rep. Juliette Uy has urged her fellow legislators to form a House special committee that would determine whether the Philippines is prepared for the threats and opportunities that would arise from the establishment of a single ASEAN market.