Senator-Judge Ralph G. Recto asks a series of questions to BIR commissioner Kim Henares on the income tax returns of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Republic of the Philippines Congress in the Philippines Metro Manila Fifteenth Congress Second Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand eleven [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10157] AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE KINDERGARTEN

Sen. Ralph G. Recto today expressed confidence that the Senate acting as an impeachment court could conduct the trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona with dispatch so that the country could focus on putting on track its economic life. “The impeachment trial has to be swift so that

Sen. Ralph G. Recto today said there’s no need to impose a 160-percent increase in the members’ contributions to Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) considering its enormous cash “reserves” and huge subsidies from government. “PhilHealth could achieve viability and

Senators belonging to the 15th Congress take their oath as the Senate was convened as an impeachment court for the trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. The senator-judges will start the impeachment proceedings on January 16, 2012 when session resumes. (PRIB Photo

Crony-owned or not, private corporations and their wealthy owners should be barred from dipping its hands into the loan portfolio of state banks to avoid a repeat of the alleged P660-million behest loan granted by Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to former Marcos trade

Sen. Ralph G. Recto, vice chairman of the Finance Sub-Committee C, meets with the officials of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) led by its Secretary Mar Roxas, prior to the Senateís deliberation of the proposed 2012 budget of the agency and its attached