Kakaunti lang ang local governments na may surplus na pera na pwedeng ipambili ng palay. Wala nang laman ang kanilang salop ng pera. Matagal nang inubos ng Covid. Hindi pwedeng i-pasa load ang problemang ito sa mga local government frontliners. Malaking gastos ang pagpapatakbo ng

President Duterte should order agencies to include in the 2021 national budget their anti-red tape pledges, “including the speed by which they will process a document,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto explained that the national budget is not all

Late is better than zero. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is pressing anew the DSWD to distribute the balance of P10 billion from what Congress has authorized in the second Bayanihan Law as cash aid to pandemic-affected families. “If under the worst case scenario it can

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been urged to look into reported low buying price of palay, with farmers taking to social media to gripe that a newly-harvested kilo is being bought at P12, “which is lower than the price of a face mask,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph

Whether they are peddling fake news, or counterfeit products, or bogus services, and regardless of where they are run, these sites should have no space in social media platforms. Sham treatments harm the body, and scams rob people of money. But the most dangerous swindle are lies

If there’s an Emmy for the UN General Assembly speeches, the one he delivered can win the prize for the best written.  The team who put policies to prose should be congratulated. What they put together is the template for presidential addresses: cohesive, coherent and

Excerpts from the Committee on Public Services hearing Sen. Ralph Recto: Thank you for the recognition, Madam Chair, I’ll be very quick. First I’d like to thank Sen. Dick Gordon for asking those questions with regards to putting up facilities and schools, because we have

Hearing of the Committee on Public Services September 23, 2020 Discussing the franchise applications of the telecoms companies, Senator Ralph Recto asked the representative of Globe Telecoms, Atty. Froilan Castelo, if they have a back-up plan as the trade and technology war

Committee on Finance [Subcommittee ”I”]Agenda: Proposed 2021 Budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and its attached agenciesSeptember 22, 2020 Ralph Recto: You had a presentation earlier on SAP 2 implemented by DSWD. We’ve received reports that not all

Committee on Finance (Subcommittee ”I”)Proposed 2021 Budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and its attached agencies Upon questioning by Senator Ralph Recto, the DSWD clarified that the 18 million family-beneficiaries for the 2nd tranche of social