37th National Convention Clark, Pampanga

Keynote Speech of Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF WATER DISTRICTS (PAWD) 37th National Convention Clark, Pampanga 04 February 2016 Magandang umaga po. I am happy to see all of you again. Two years have passed since we last saw each other in

Even if Congress will adjourn today for a four-month election break without passing the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) IV, government workers can still get their pay hike through an executive order which President Aquino can sign. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto sa

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH by Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto SBN 449; CRN 54 Mr. President: This campaign to have this measure passed into law began a long time ago, in the last decade of the last century. But it is not for this that it is called a Centenarian Bill, not yet,

Longer jail time and higher fines await Customs and other government employees who will pilfer balikbayan boxes or extort money from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in exchange for the release of handcarried or shipped cargo. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said these

Taken in Cagayan de Oro City during the 20th National Convention of Karancho. Karancho Inc. is a group of civic-minded motorcycle riders in western Mindanao.

With my Tau Gamma Phi brods in Cagayan de Oro.

Meeting the LP members in 1st District of Misamis Oriental, led by Rep. Peter Unabia

A bonus equivalent to one month pay is scheduled to be given to government workers in June, highlighting the need for the House and the Senate to break their impasse over a pay hike bill for state workers, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said the

Despite the deadlock in the House-Senate negotiation on the proposed government pay hike, there was, however, “tripartite agreement” on a provision guaranteeing that so-called Magna Carta benefits of government workers will not be taken away. This was disclosed by Senate