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The chairman of the Senate body in charge of the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said there is “absolutely no time” for the adjourned Congress to tackle the agency’s request for a P6.7 billion aid package for families who could be affected by El

The possible repatriation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) displaced by plummeting oil prices was not factored in the preparation of the 2016 national budget, “leaving a huge funding hole” on how to shoehorn their re-entry into the Philippine job market. “This is one

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today advised Malacanang to consult with leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives before finalizing its plan to adjust unilaterally the salary of government workers this year without an enabling law. Recto welcomed the recent

Even if Congress will adjourn today for a four-month election break without passing the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) IV, government workers can still get their pay hike through an executive order which President Aquino can sign. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto sa

Longer jail time and higher fines await Customs and other government employees who will pilfer balikbayan boxes or extort money from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in exchange for the release of handcarried or shipped cargo. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said these

A bonus equivalent to one month pay is scheduled to be given to government workers in June, highlighting the need for the House and the Senate to break their impasse over a pay hike bill for state workers, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said the

Despite the deadlock in the House-Senate negotiation on the proposed government pay hike, there was, however, “tripartite agreement” on a provision guaranteeing that so-called Magna Carta benefits of government workers will not be taken away. This was disclosed by Senate

Senate of the Philippines Ralph G. Recto Senate President Pro-Tempore January 18, 2016 Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV Chairperson Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization Senate of the Philippines Financial Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City Dear Senator Trillanes:

No to ‘magna cutting’ of benefits – Recto Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today appealed to the Palace to consider endorsing his proposed amendments to the Salary Standardization Law IV (SSL IV) in order to thwart the possible scrapping of Magna Carta benefits being

Death penalty must be imposed for those involved in large-scale drug trafficking, including military and police officials who coddle and conspire with them. Although I am fundamentally against capital punishment, the impunity by which men in uniform coddle and align themselves