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The Department of Health (DOH) is slashing by one-half the number of doctors and by one-third the number of nurses it plans to deploy to the grassroots next year, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto revealed today. The DOH also intends to send out fewer dentists to public health...

Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto said it would be up to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and other agencies to “legally prevent” barangay officials who coddle or are in cahoots with drug lords from enjoying a one-year extension in office. “Those who are...

How much would the land-sea-air traffic improvement measures cost? P1.15 trillion. And that’s just the minimum, according to Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto, as many proposed projects in the menu submitted by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to the Senate “are still...

I support the declaration of a state of lawlessness. But I have my reservations on one that is indefinite. I am for a national emergency which has an expiry date for the simple reason that it injects a deadline to be met in quelling lawless violence. By stating when the emergency...

Built on a shared past and bound by a common vision, US-Philippine relations are strong enough that it cannot be weakened or wrecked by a wayward quote. An unprovoked tirade will not drain the deep reservoir of goodwill between Filipinos and Americans. This is the time to remind...

Two key reforms meant to remove the disruptive effects of barangay elections in the construction of public infrastructure projects and in the appointment of government personnel have been incorporated in the Senate bill postponing the barangay polls. Approved during Monday’s...

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is asking for P2.65 billion for a Metro Manila traffic solution which, in the words of Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto, “is just outside President Duterte’s Malacañang office window.” Recto is referring to the “underused nautical highway...

Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto is urging President Duterte to call for a National Security Council (NSC) meeting after his foreign trip next week, so that other leaders of the nation could help him develop policies and programs that would crush the resurgent Abu Sayyaf....