Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang  held a “brief but insightful” meeting recently with  Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.  and other senior leaders of the House of Representatives on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)  summit. 

A partylist lawmaker has filed a measure seeking the establishment of coastal greenbelts to lessen the damage wrought by waves and storm surges on human lives and property. 

The House of Representatives approved a proposed pay increase for government workers on second reading last week after President Benigno Aquino III submitted the measure for congressional action. 

Amid vigorous opposition from beverage producers, the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives has approved a measure imposing a P10 excise tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. 

The Senate and the House of Representatives are open to amending the  law regulating the possession of firearms and ammunition to help stop the bullet-planting extortion scheme in the country’s international airport.