Recto: BUB, bigger IRA, budget support needed to collect 15 billion kgs of trash yearly National government must throw a lifeline to towns and small cities drowning in garbage so the latter can sanitarily handle the estimated 14.6 billion kilos of garbage Filipinos will produce

I am grateful for my inclusion in the Miriam-BongBong senatorial ticket. I am expressing my thanks because good manners require me to acknowledge such a kind gesture. Politeness must trump partisan politics any time Senators Santiago and Marcos are esteemed hardworking colleagues

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto backed calls that President Aquino issue the executive order implementing the Congress-approved P57.9 billion fund for the first tranche of the pay hike of national government workers “before Valentine’s Day is over.” “If he doesn’t have a