Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said he and Senate President Franklin Drilon are set to meet with President Benigno Aquino III this week to discuss proposals to lower income taxes, both for individual and corporate payers. 

Davao City Representative Karlo Alexei Nograles is calling for a complete overhaul of officials and personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) over allegations that some of them are involved in a “bullet-planting” scam to extort money from tourists and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). 

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. has hailed the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Netherlands to assume jurisdiction over some of the territorial claims filed by the Philippines against China involving the West Philippine Sea. 

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the creation of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), which is tasked to further develop the country’s electronic communications facilities, services and infrastructure. 

The Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives has agreed to increase the budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) next year by an additional P500 million to cover the electronic transmission costs of the May 9, 2016 elections.