Interaksyon.com reports that 19 new bills were approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives "in the last few days of session before it goes on holiday break on December 16." The controversial Reproductive Health bill remains pending on the floor for debates.

Philstar.com, citing House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., reports that President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III is "already getting impatient for the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill in Congress."

RH Bill advocates which include Kaka Bag-ao, Walden Bello and Antonio Tinio lead the "Occupy Congress" protest.

The United Nations (UN) will no longer be backing the country’s birth control program in 2012, reports Interaksyon.com. According to House Committee on Health Vice Chairman Rep. Janette Garin, the UN is withdrawing the $1-million fund "due to lack of funding from members."