Partylist lawmakers allied with the National Unity Party (NUP) are pushing the passage of bill granting free college education for students belonging to underprivileged families whose incomes are below P7,000 a month.
First-term representative Gavini Pancho (2nd district, Bulacan) is proposing the automatic development or improvement of roads leading to all state housing projects in the country to ensure that social and economic linkages are readily available to residents in these communities.
Following the Supreme Court decision declaring the unconstitutionality of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), the House of Representatives said it will not contest the ruling and will focus instead on legislating laws and exercising its oversight functions.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. led the House of Representatives in pledging to fast-track the approval of the proposed P14.6 billion supplemental budget for 2013 to fund the massive relief and rehabilitation efforts in areas devastated by super typhoon “Yolanda” (international code name: Haiyan).
The 294 members of the House of Representatives led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. each donated P10,000 from their respective monthly salaries to raise some P3 million in aid for victims of supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international code name: Haiyan).