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The Senate might implant human development targets in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) so that billions of pesos to be funneled to the autonomous region will uplift the lives of its residents. “I think there’s a consensus of putting in ‘MDGs or Moro Development Goals’ in...

“Kung halos bawat Pilipino may sakit sa ngipin, bakit walang pondo para sa ngipin sa national budget?” With 9 in 10 Filipinos suffering tooth decay but only 1 in 10 of them can afford to see a dentist once a year, budget for oral health care should be restored as a line-item in...

The national government owes “hundreds of millions” to local governments representing the latter’s 20 percent share from Fire Code fees collected. Sen. Ralph Recto said a Commission on Audit (COA) report pegged the unremitted amount at P723 million, for the period 2010 to 2013....

One less firearm is one less instrument of death. The number of guns to be silenced may be small but it is a great leap forward in our journey for peace. All the parties involved must be congratulated. Hopefully, the velocity and volume of the decommissioning of arms will...

If China can build rapidly airstrips in lands previously underwater, then why are we having a hard time building 60-square-meter classrooms on dry land? Sen. Ralph Recto raised this query in calling for an inventory of classrooms built this year, “if how many of the 44,663...

Problem with underspending ? Give it to the sick, Recto tells gov’t One effective cure to chronic government underspending is to rechannel a chunk of unutilized funds to health, “specifically aid to the indigent patients because this is one kind of expenditure which will not be...

Reimburse those who have already renewed Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today called for an immediate halt on the on-going replacement of all motor vehicles license plates amid questions raised on the soundness of such policy and complaints from the motoring public....

Senate President Ralph G. Recto wants a detailed “list of responsibilities and functions” to be undertaken by the Bangsamoro government once the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is approved. In today’s hearing by the Senate committee on Local Government chaired by Sen. Bongbong Marcos,...