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

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,

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)

Senator Ralph Recto, Finance subcommittee D chairman, stresses a point in today’s deliberation of the budget of the Department of Finance (DOF). With Recto are Senator Serge Osmena, Finance Sec. Cesar Purisima and other representatives from the DOF. (photos by Alexis

The annual “chalk allowance” of public school teachers will go up from the present P1,000 to P1,500 next year, courtesy of a Senate amendment in the 2015 national budget, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “Chalk allowance “ is the popular term for the amount

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. 10647 ] AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE LADDERIZED INTERFACE

The Senate version of the 2015 national budget funds the setting up of free Wi-Fi spots all over the country so Internet access can aid learning, link farmers and traders to markets, and connect the public to information that will improve their lives. Senate President Pro Tempore

Government’s massive feeding program for undernourished children next year will cover even those not yet in school, as two million 2 to 5 year old tots will be fed healthy meals by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto

The 5,947-page national budget package may be as thick as an encyclopedia set, but it has one fault: It doesn’t tell what happened to funds appropriated in the previous national budget. Senate President Pro-Tempore cited this weakness of the current budgeting system in pushing