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JAN
28
2015

MILF told to surrender men involved in carnage, stop issuing visas to terrorists

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) should turn over to government authorities all its personnel involved in the killing of 44 police commandos who were serving an arrest warrant on a Malaysian bomb-maker and his Filipino cohort in Maguindanao last Sunday. Sen. Ralph Recto
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JAN
27
2015

‘When Restos Offer Free Wi-Fi But Not Free Water, It’s Time To Strengthen Our Local Water Providers’

Co-Sponsorship Speech on SB No. 2518, CR No. 94 On the Condonation of Tax Liabilities of Water Districts Local Water Districts A typical Pinoy uses 180 liters of water daily – largely because he bathes twice, and she thrice a day. This comes up to a per capita water consumption
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JAN
27
2015

Justice for slain SAF – Recto

If it is true that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is harboring them, they should surrender a Malaysian bomb maker and his Filipino sidekick, the hunt for whom led to the massacre of 44 police commandoes in an MILF-influenced area in Maguindanao Sunday, Senate President
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DEC
15
2014

Due to conflicting estimates, Recto calls for audit of coco levy funds

Due to conflicting estimates on the value of the “coco levy fund”, Sen. Ralph Recto has called for an audit to determine the present worth of the multibillion-peso fund which grew out of the levy on copra sales during the Marcos period. “There are lots of numbers being bandied
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DEC
09
2014

RA 10650: Open Learning and Distance Education Act of 2014

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Sixteenth Congress Second Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand fourteen. [ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10650 ] AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL
DEC
04
2014

1st Bicameral Conference Committee

Discussion on the disagreeing provisions of the 2015 General Appropriations Bill at the House of Representatives.
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DEC
03
2014

SBN-2483: VAT Exemption on PWDs

An Act Exempting Persons With Disability from the Value-Added Tax on Certain Goods and Services, Amending for This Purpose Republic Act No. 7277, As Amended, otherwise known as the “Magna Carta For Persons With Disability” This bill seeks to amend Section 32 of RA
NOV
25
2014

Deliberation of the Budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT)

Senator Ralph Recto, chairman of the finance subcommittee D, defends the P2.4 billion budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its attached agencies during the interpellation period of the 2015 budget. DOT officials led by Sec. Ramon Jimenez are present during the
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NOV
25
2014

Deliberation of the Budget of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)

RECTO GREETS ROXAS: Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto (left) clasps the hand of former Senator and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas (right) during the deliberation of the P104.57 billion proposed 2015 budget of the Department of Interior and Local Government Monday,
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NOV
25
2014

Deliberation of the Budget of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto defends the proposed 2015 budget of the Department of Science and Technology. The DOST proposed budget was submitted, Thursday night (PRIB Photo by Lex Nueva España, November 20, 2014)
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