A top official of the National Unity Party (NUP) has declared that no legal or constitutional obstacles exist in Malacanang’s plan to use the Malampaya Fund to help the government  ward off a looming energy crisis in 2015. 

Bulacan Rep. Gavini Pancho of the National Unity Party (NUP) said the use of mobile phones, radio transmitters and similar electronic devices inside banks should be banned to help curb crime. 

Representatives Rodel Batocabe, Michael Angelo Rivera and Reynaldo Umali are pressing the government to provide aid totaling P600 million to electric cooperatives in regions devastated by typhoon “Glenda” last July. 

Rep. Ma. Theresa Bonoan (4th District, Manila) has filed a measure creating an administrative body that would help decongest Manila’s harbors and develop it into a world-class port. 

A measure that aims to consolidate all existing government-issued IDs into a single integrated identification system has been endorsed for plenary approval by the Committees on Revision of Laws and of Appropriations in the House of Representatives.