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The Department of Foreign Affairs’ P1.2 billion help fund this year for its 8 million citizens abroad may not be enough to aid expatriate Filipinos in distress following President Duterte’s apparent “no OFW left behind” policy, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. Recto...

Mayon’s eruption has again put on full display one constant in this calamity-prone land – of schoolchildren being the first collateral victims when their schools are commandeered to house refugees, a practice which can be stopped by building permanent evacuation centers. Senate...

The Puno committee is a league of extraordinary gentlemen. It should be able to meet the people’s expectation of an output that is far from ordinary. The President is right in forming a study group on the Constitution whose members cannot be tempted to propose amendments tailored...

Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto Government must exert all efforts in seeing to it that the fruit of the loot will not harm a single Filipino. Intelligence funds appropriated, which are in the billions of pesos, should be used to follow the money. If some...

But wide gap still seen with entry of new vehicles Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today welcomed the Supreme Court’s lifting of the Temporary Restraining Order on the distribution of 700,000 motor vehicle license plates but their eventual distribution “might be a case...

Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto on the Philippine Economic Report Card The Philippine economic report card for 2017 deserves a grade of “A.” The impressive performance validates the prudence of sustaining the game-changing reforms initiated in the past....

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today said the manpower lack in the Department of Social Welfare and Development must be fixed first before the agency can take in 5.5 million new families who shall be enrolled in the TRAIN rebate scheme. The 5.5 million households, who...

But half-a-century to end irrigation backlog at current building pace Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the signing of the free irrigation bill – which has been on President Duterte’s desk since January 4 – would sustain the farm sector’s turnaround, which posted a...