Put ‘water meter’ in next year’s P3-T nat’l budget – Recto Seven and a half million Filipinos have no toilets while 8.4 million have no access to clean drinking water, a joint report issued Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s

As the number of road accidents surged last year, Sen. Ralph Recto stepped up his calls for the effective use of billions in Road User’s Tax collections in keeping roads safe and in preventing road fatalities. This as Recto called for the itemization of Road User’s Tax allocation

As soon as it resumes session late next month, the Senate will hear proposals to extend the validity of motor vehicle registration and driver’s license. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said resolutions will be filed and public hearings will be called to study the

If logistics is the problem behind the Commission on Elections’ failure to reach out to four million voters whose biometrics have yet to be taken, then the P1 billion saved from the scrapping of the Sangguniang Kabataan elections can be used to fund the ways that will prevent

As government embarks on a building and shopping spree this year, it should make sure that constructed infrastructure meet specifications, and if they do not, require contractors to repair defects or refund the government for money spent. Sen. Ralph Recto said government should

The Senate might implant human development targets in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) so that billions of pesos to be funneled to the autonomous region will uplift the lives of its residents. “I think there’s a consensus of putting in ‘MDGs or Moro Development Goals’ in

Pinoy Worldwide Initiative for Investment, Savings and Entrepreneurship (Pinoy WISE) Overseas Filipinos Market Place Event Centro Congresi Stella Polare Milan, Italy View Speech

Centro Congresi Stella Polare Milan, Italy Buongiorno a tutti voi. Sono felice di essere qui oggi. Ma nessuno è più felice di mia moglie. Perché mentre io vedo questo viaggio come ufficialmente puro lavoro, lei la vede come la nostra seconda luna di miele. E questa è la ragione

“Kung halos bawat Pilipino may sakit sa ngipin, bakit walang pondo para sa ngipin sa national budget?” With 9 in 10 Filipinos suffering tooth decay but only 1 in 10 of them can afford to see a dentist once a year, budget for oral health care should be restored as a line-item in

The national government owes “hundreds of millions” to local governments representing the latter’s 20 percent share from Fire Code fees collected. Sen. Ralph Recto said a Commission on Audit (COA) report pegged the unremitted amount at P723 million, for the period 2010 to 2013.