Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. favors a review of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) to find ways to keep power rates low following reports that the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will significantly increase its charges this month.
Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to relax its pre-audit rules, but only during times of major calamities and emergencies, to expedite the government’s relief operation in areas affected by these crises.
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a P14.6 billion supplemental budget to be spent on massive rehabilitation efforts in various areas struck by calamities.
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.