Both the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) and the Supreme Court (SC) have upheld their respective decisions recognizing Lord Allan Velasco of the National Unity Party (NUP) as the rightful winner in the lone district of Marinduque during the 2013 elections.

The House of Representatives has conferred the Congressional Medal of Distinction to Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach for giving the Philippines its third Miss Universe crown after 42 years.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. assured the country’s 1.5 million government employees that the Congress is determined to pass the proposed Salary Standardization Act (SSL) of 2015, after the measure was finally approved by the Senate last January 18.

The Supreme Court has directed the leadership of the House of Representatives to pave the way for the assumption of National Unity Party (NUP) congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco as the “rightful representative”  of the lone district of Marinduque.

The Committee on Appropriations of the House of  Representatives has given the go-signal to a measure creating a Professional Regulatory Board of Nursing in line with  government efforts to further improve the country’s health care system.