President Aquino was urged to sign into law a bill reforming customs and port procedures which one of its authors say would help stamp out smuggling like the kind the country’s hog raisers are protesting against. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said the proposed Customs

Because lack of transportation or high fares is a leading cause of school absences, government must include bicycles for poor kids in its education shopping cart, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said there is already funding for the purchase of “bancas