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Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto is prodding the Duterte administration to “bring to the Internet age” the public school teacher’s annual “chalk allowance,” by increasing it from P1,500 to P5,000 annually. “Chalk allowance” is the popular term for the cash given to teachers at...

The President must explain and elaborate in writing his verbal statement placing the whole country under a state of lawlessness. A written order will prescribe the specifics and the limits of such declaration, and would result in the clearer enumeration of the activities...

Government plans to spend P1.76 billion next year for free Wi-Fi in public areas, which, if approved, would bring to P4.81 billion the amount allocated for the project since 2015, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto said today. Under the 2017 proposed budget of the newly-created...

Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto is backing President Duterte’s decision to scratch his Brunei trip but is urging him to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Summit in Laos “as cancelling it might lead to the international impression that terrorists have succeeded in grounding the...

Instead of seeking inspiration from defunct vigilantes, government should prioritize the hiring of more policemen and buying them enough equipment to combat crime and maintain peace in communities, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto said. Recto said the latest official data from...

Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto said he will not oppose the creation of a Constitutional Commission, calling it “a study group whose output will have to be submitted to Congress for consideration, and whatever Congress recommends will still have to be ratified by the people in...

Gov’t feeding budget for malnourished kids is worse than ‘preso value meals’  Government is spending P13 per meal to feed a malnourished child which Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto lamented is lower than the P16.70 “preso value meal” that is served to a...

‘Hindi mo kailangan ng special powers upang i-vulcanize ang mga butas sa kalye’ Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to deploy “pothole patrols” that will undertake minor road repairs round-the-clock in Metro Manila and...