Manila, Feb. 16 -- Eight priority measures under the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) have reached advanced stages at the committee level in the House of Representatives, having been approved by their respective main panels and now pending comments from the committee on appropriations.

Upon the guidance of Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III, House Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos said the progress reflects steady movement in the House's legislative work, even as LEDAC convened Tuesday last week to take stock of priority measures still in the pipeline.

"These committee-level approvals show that the House is doing the hard work early under the leadership of Speaker Dy - building consensus, refini...