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Malacañang should “plant” a “presidential action and complaint desk” at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as a “one-stop, on-the-spot troubleshooting center” for OFWs and other travellers, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto proposed today. “It can also serve as...

1. One study estimates at 1.9 million the number of unlicensed firearms in the country. These are the lethal weapons – especially those in the hands of criminals – the authorities should look for, not rusting bullets inside the luggage of OFWs and tourists, the...

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto today urged the government to issue a comprehensive “land-sea-air travel disruption notice ” which will be in effect “before, during and after” the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Manila next month. “Such an advisory...

A new Balikbayan Box Law that will raise to P150,000 the tax-exempt value of pasalubong cargo brought in or sent by overseas Filipinos is up for Senate approval after the measure was consolidated with a Customs reform bill, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto said today....

“Tuition deferment” for state college students financially ruined by typhoons is a “missing puzzle” in the government’s assorted tuition aid and scholarship packages, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto. “What’s lacking in the menu is the important lifeline...

Why not give them CCT-V? Saying typhoon victims may need long-term aid, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today called for the enrollment of “those hit by the double whammy of poverty and disaster” in the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer program. “We can call it...

Budget for new Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) equipment will plunge to P343.66 million in 2016 or an 86.2 percent drop from this year’s P2.48 billion capital outlay, “unless the PAGASA Modernization Bill, which authorizes...

Government was told to dip into its “bag of unspent funds” to help the flooded “food basket” of the country recover from damages wrought by Typhoon Lando. “If we have problem with underspending, then the mess Lando left presents us with an opportunity to step up disbursement,”...