Senate President ProTempore Ralph Recto today described the proposed education budget for 2014 as a “big shopping cart of school supplies” that will close manpower and equipment gaps in public schools. Recto said the Department of Education will hire 33,194 teachers and 1,500

Inihirit ngayon ni Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto ang agad na pag-recruit ng karagdagang 400 MMDA traffic enforcers na tutulong sa pagmamando ng daloy ng trapiko sa Metro Manila mula umaga hanggang gabi. Ayon kay Recto, matagal na panahon pa ang hihintayin natin bago

The proposed budget of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for 2014 is P2.65 billion, or P1.2 billion higher than this year’s P1.48 billion. It is twice bigger than the P1.36 billion it got last year. The MMDA’s budget is booked in the national budget as Allocations to

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has praised Malacanang for the “makeover “ of the national budget, in which spending is linked to clear outcomes, “that even the five-minute response time of firefighters is now attached to the budget of the Bureau of Fire Protection as a

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today said that Manila’s bus ban should provide the impetus for the convening of a Metro Manila summit that will tackle the flood, traffic and “the region’s other interlocking problems” and “to kick-start the preparation for the country’s

A rising tide must raise all ships. I think that is the core of the President’s message this afternoon. He wants any economic improvement to be enjoyed by all. And he has prescribed the ways by which wealth created can be dispersed. Tama ang pinahiwatig ng Pangulo na ang mahirap

Sen. Ralph Recto has asked the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the viability of the approved P351-billion over-all master plan on flood management in the National Capital Region, which is by far the most ambitious and expensive flood control program ever crafted by the national

The Senate is being called to step into the worsening traffic mess and scrutinize the soundness of the government’s traffic panacea that would solve decongestion in major thoroughfares and intersections. Sen. Ralph G. Recto today urged the Senate Committee on Public Services to

Sen. Ralph G. Recto today deplored reports that water concessionaires Maynilad Water Services and Manila Water Co. were passing on their multi-billion corporate income tax payments to their consumers. Recto said he would be filing a resolution calling for a Senate inquiry into

The hero driver of sunken MV Our Lady of Mount Carmel who saved some of its passengers was feted in the Senate Monday afternoon by Sen. Ralph G. Recto. Recto said the selfless act of Novelito “Junjun” Gomez was exemplary and serves as a notice of the Filipino’s