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As soon as it resumes session late next month, the Senate will hear proposals to extend the validity of motor vehicle registration and driver’s license. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said resolutions will be filed and public hearings will be called to study the...

If logistics is the problem behind the Commission on Elections’ failure to reach out to four million voters whose biometrics have yet to be taken, then the P1 billion saved from the scrapping of the Sangguniang Kabataan elections can be used to fund the ways that will prevent...

As government embarks on a building and shopping spree this year, it should make sure that constructed infrastructure meet specifications, and if they do not, require contractors to repair defects or refund the government for money spent. Sen. Ralph Recto said government should...

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...