MANILA, April 16 -- Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Tuesday said the Senate is set to approve 10 bills when session resumes on April 29.

Congress has less than one month of plenary sessions before the 2nd Regular Session adjourns sine die on May 24. The 3rd regular session of the 19th Congress will coincide with the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on July 24.

"Medyo maliit yung (There is quite a small) time window to pass as much as we can, especially our priority measures. We are looking at least mga sampung (about 10) bills ready for the President's signature before the SONA so that it will become a law," Villanueva said during the Kapihan sa Senado forum.

He said some of these ...