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National government plans to collect P40 billion in “fees and charges” for permits and licenses next year, prompting Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto to call for the publication of an online “Feesbook”, detailing the cost and time needed to get the...

Included in the 2016 national budget the Senate approved on Thursday is a P6.78 billion allocation to place 2.8 million senior citizens under PhilHealth coverage, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Also funded by the P3 trillion spending measure is the P7.51...

The Senate will likely restore the P3 billion cut in the proposed 2016 budget of 114 state universities and colleges (SUCs) and on top of this, add P6 billion in tuition aid and scholarship grants for their 1.3 million students. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto had...

The 2.1 million professional drivers who renew and apply for a license  annually would lose P3 billion in fees and lost income if the requirement to  secure a clearance each from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) will not be...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today welcomed the Department of Transportation and Communications’ (DOTC) move to suspend its order requiring applicants for a professional driver’s license to first secure a clearance from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and...

Government is awash with idle funds – with the P168.9 billion Malampaya royalties as the biggest – which could bankroll the development and mass production of the Sustainable Alternative Light or SALt lamps, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto said. “If you look at...

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto today thanked President Aquino for signing on November 3 the PAGASA Modernization Law, which is now officially Republic Act (RA) 10692. “Maraming salamat po, Mr. President. Dahil sa pagpirma n’yo ng batas na ito, mapapalakas na natin...

Government was told to open a Yolanda Facebook page where it can upload “photographic proof” of the P93 billion worth of projects and programs it claims to have implemented to date to repair the damage wrought by the strongest typhoon to ever make landfall. Senate President...