Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles is pressing for the passage of a measure that would bar the Court of Appeals from deciding on petitions involving labor disputes to ensure the swift resolution of such cases.
Deputy Speaker Roberto Puno has proposed a law seeking to prevent the commercialization of student-athletes by barring schools from offering excessive benefits and imposing unfair residency rules on them.
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a partylist-authored bill declaring every 23rd of November as Philippine Press Freedom Day to highlight and recognize the importance of this constitutionally guaranteed right in the country.
The controversy generated by the so-called “Napolist” drawn up by pork scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles does not and will never affect the work of the members of the House of Representatives, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said.
The political opposition should stop blaming President Benigno Aquino III for the irregularities uncovered in the disbursement of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) because these were committed before he assumed office in 2010, Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said.