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Finance Sub-Committee C chairman Sen. Ralph Recto leads the Senate in hearing the proposed budget of the Department of Finance and its attached agencies. DOF Sec. Cesar Purisima and BIR Commissioner Kim Henares took turns answering questions from the senators. (Photos by Alex

Sen. Ralph G. Recto today said people in the provinces need not worry about their taxes going to the fare subsidy of commuters in state-run Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) even as he stressed that it is still Metro Manila that shoulders bulk, if not all, of