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Government should direct a major portion of its P833 million intelligence fund allocation this year in finding Abu Sayyaf “leaders and lairs” and in stopping their recruitment efforts and expansion of areas of operation. In addition to this intelligence kitty, there is a P702...

Protect local jobs, and let families of overseas workers enjoy the fruits of their loved ones’ labor. This, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, should prompt President Aquino in signing the Congress-approved Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) as part...

If the nation will be hiring 18,083 politicos to fill local and national positions in May 9, then why can’t it hire the same number of additional policemen to combat the crime surge and stop terrorists dead on their tracks? This was pointed out by Senate President Pro-Tempore...

Before bowing out of office next June, President Benigno Aquino III can still generate more than P1 billion in private funds for improvement of water services to 20 million Filipinos with just a stroke of a pen. “All the President needs to do is sign the Congress-approved bill...

Kung may unang kautusan na dapat ipalabas ang susunod na Pangulo, ito ay ang pagdurog sa bandidong grupong Abu Sayyaf. Ayon kay Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, kailangang ilagay ang Abu Sayyaf sa unahan ng listahan ng mga kriminal na dapat sugpuin sinuman ang manalong...

The next president should hit the ground running after this notorious group. If he or she is drawing up a list of criminals who must be neutralized, then without doubt Abu Sayyaf occupies the number one spot. Hindi na n’ya kailangang maghanap pa ng sindikatong sasampolan. Matagal...

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today said the next government should consider Cebu’s shipbuilding industry as the main source of new naval ships to be procured under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program. The province of Cebu, according to...

Hindi lang pang sports, pang disaster pa’  Construction is underway for 32 buildings in 16 regions that will serve as prototypes of “disaster-resilient evacuation centers” which Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto hopes will be replicated in all of the country’s 145 cities...