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There are gaps in the proposed 2019 budget which the Senate can address in a transparent, legal way. No one is to be blamed for the oversight, as these unfunded mandates arose from laws passed after the 2019 national budget has been prepared in the executive branch. In addition

Dominic Sytin was a silent worker for Philippine progress. His niche was not in fancy cars that ferry people from point A to B, but in vehicles which move the economy forward. He made heavy equipment affordable to the small businessman, the countryside trader, to the promdi

The Bicameral Conference Committee approved today the consolidated version of the Universal Health Care (UHC) bill principally authored in the Senate by Senator Ralph Recto. Salient features of the UHC bill: 1. Automatically enroll all Filipinos under the National Health

As the government piles up debts without congressional review, a law requiring the country’s lead economic managers to make a biannual appearance before a joint committee of Congress to report on the country’s debt and finances “has become more urgent.” “Kung may Ulat sa Bayan

George Ty’s motto in life are in the letters of his name: T.Y., or Thank You, and he spent the better part of his life and wealth in showing his gratitude to his country for giving him the breaks and the blessings. If he is more known as a generous philanthropist than a genius

In a joint statement, Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto del have said that our interests are “safe” and that “nothing is being given away” by the Philippines in its oil exploration agreement with China. This seal of a good agreement

If the Senate will start floor debates on the 2019 national budget next month, then the particulars of any or all of the 29 Philippine -China deals signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit may be asked of the Cabinet member who signed the deal, or whose agency is

My unsolicited advice is for Senator Honasan to retain Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio as his Senior Undersecretary, and for the latter to continue serving the public in that capacity. For one to step up, there is no need for the other to step out. The nation will benefit from the

Proceeds from duties collected under the rice tariffication regime should be funnelled into the improvement of post-harvest facilities like dryers in order to save 1/6th of the national palay output lost to poor after-harvest handling, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today said that the Senate bill on rice tariffication mandates that all duties collected from imported rice be plowed back to farmers through “a raft of assistance in the form of equipment, insurance, credit, and even direct financi