National government plans to collect P40 billion in “fees and charges” for permits and licenses next year, prompting Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto to call for the publication of an online “Feesbook”, detailing the cost and time needed to get the

Included in the 2016 national budget the Senate approved on Thursday is a P6.78 billion allocation to place 2.8 million senior citizens under PhilHealth coverage, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Also funded by the P3 trillion spending measure is the P7.51

The Senate will likely restore the P3 billion cut in the proposed 2016 budget of 114 state universities and colleges (SUCs) and on top of this, add P6 billion in tuition aid and scholarship grants for their 1.3 million students. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto had

Sen. Ralph Recto defends the 2016 budget of the Department of Tourism.

Sen. Ralph Recto’s interpellation on the proposed budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for State Universities and Colleges (SUC) in 2016. TIMESTAMPS: 1. Free Public College SB 2986 – 0:00 2. Tuition Fee per student – 0:06 3. P10,000 per student subsidy

The 2.1 million professional drivers who renew and apply for a license  annually would lose P3 billion in fees and lost income if the requirement to  secure a clearance each from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) will not be

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today welcomed the Department of Transportation and Communications’ (DOTC) move to suspend its order requiring applicants for a professional driver’s license to first secure a clearance from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and

Government is awash with idle funds – with the P168.9 billion Malampaya royalties as the biggest – which could bankroll the development and mass production of the Sustainable Alternative Light or SALt lamps, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto said. “If you look at

1. PhilHealth has given out P78 billion in benefits to its members – 0:00 2. 60% went to the PRIVATE SECTOR, only 40% to the PUBLIC – 0:08 3. 60% should go to public hospitals to modernize our public healthcare system – 0:23 4. TG: It’s not accredited to

1. DOH Budget for 2016 is P126B. Biggest item in the P126B is PhilHealth – 0:00 2. P43.8B in 2016 (subsidy for the insurance payment of indigent families and senior citizens) – 0:21 3. 15.4 million indigent families and 2.8 million senior citizens covered in P43.8B