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OCT
27
2015

Gov’t urged to issue comprehensive “land-sea-air travel disruption notice” for APEC

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto today urged the government to issue a comprehensive “land-sea-air travel disruption notice ” which will be in effect “before, during and after” the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Manila next month. “Such an advisory
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OCT
25
2015

New Balikbayan Box Law will be okayed by the Senate – Recto

A new Balikbayan Box Law that will raise to P150,000 the tax-exempt value of pasalubong cargo brought in or sent by overseas Filipinos is up for Senate approval after the measure was consolidated with a Customs reform bill, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto said today.
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OCT
24
2015

Tuition deferment sought for college students financially ruined by typhoons

“Tuition deferment” for state college students financially ruined by typhoons is a “missing puzzle” in the government’s assorted tuition aid and scholarship packages, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto. “What’s lacking in the menu is the important lifeline
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OCT
23
2015

Recto proposes ‘CCT-V’ as better aid for disaster victims

Why not give them CCT-V? Saying typhoon victims may need long-term aid, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today called for the enrollment of “those hit by the double whammy of poverty and disaster” in the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer program. “We can call it
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OCT
21
2015

PAGASA equipment budget to drop 86.2%, unless modernization bill becomes law

Budget for new Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) equipment will plunge to P343.66 million in 2016 or an 86.2 percent drop from this year’s P2.48 billion capital outlay, “unless the PAGASA Modernization Bill, which authorizes
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OCT
20
2015

Gov’t told to dip into “bag of billions of unspent funds” to aid Lando victims

Government was told to dip into its “bag of unspent funds” to help the flooded “food basket” of the country recover from damages wrought by Typhoon Lando. “If we have problem with underspending, then the mess Lando left presents us with an opportunity to step up disbursement,”
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OCT
15
2015

RA 10687: Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST)

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Sixteenth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand fifteen. [ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10687 ] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND
OCT
14
2015

Filing of Certificate of Candidacy for Senator

With Vilma and son Ryan Christian – 14 October 2015
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OCT
13
2015

Recto bats for more funds to DepEd’s ‘bike and bancas’ project

Because lack of transportation or high fares is a leading cause of school absences, government will fund the purchase of “bancas and bicycles” to boost school attendance and reduce drop out rates, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto said today. Under the Department of
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OCT
12
2015

Liberal Party’s 2016 Senatorial Slate

Photos by Joseph Vidal of PRIB and Aldwin Zapata
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