Due to 11-hr voting, Recto seeks poll duty pay hike for teachers

14 April 2016, Comment are Off
With the May 9 voting hours prolonged from 6 am to 5pm, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to study the possibility of increasing by P1,000 the pay of teachers who will be on...

Recto: Palace OK to hasten return of dirty money

13 April 2016, Comment are Off
Once it is sought, Malacañang should approve the request of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to return to the Bangladesh government its earnings from the cyberheist loot gambled away in state-regulated casinos. Senator Ralph Recto issued this call after it...

Recto to Palace, DOF: Allow donation of seized vehicle plates

13 April 2016, Comment are Off
Motorists who have long paid for new vehicle plates but yet to receive their metal sheets from the Land Transportation Office (LTO) may soon find their woes over. According to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, a total of 600,000 vehicle plates abandoned at the Bureau of...

Recto: 600,000 plaka ng kotse, ibigay na sa motorista 

13 April 2016, Comment are Off
Nakatengga lang sa Customs  Kung matagal ka nang bayad para sa bagong plaka ng Land Transportation Office (LTO), may pag-asa pang makuha mo na ang plaka kahit na nakatengga pa sa korte ang nasabing isyu. Ayon kay Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, tanging ang go-signal na...

Transcript – Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing

12 April 2016, Comment are Off
QUESTIONS OF SENATOR RECTO ON THE LOW PENALTIES PAID BY BANKS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING SEN. RECTO:   I’m sorry, Mr. Chairman, just to follow up on this. Maybe we should ask the BSP governor, or deputy governor in this case. What is the possible penalty of RCBC?  What are the range of...

Recto: Next pres must cut calamity aid red tape; preposition aid to regions

11 April 2016, Comment are Off
‘Form ready-to-deploy rescue brigades, build hospital ships’ The next administration should cut the red tape slowing down calamity aid and preposition Quick Response Funds (QRF) to the regions in order to bring relief to disaster areas fast, Senator Ralph Recto said...

‘Crushing Abu Sayyaf is this president’s last job, the next president’s first’

10 April 2016, Comment are Off
Include Abu Sayyaf problem in next pres’l debate – Recto   Finishing off the Abu Sayyaf is this president’s last job and the next president’s first. They have bedeviled four presidencies and, if not stopped, is on track to confront the fifth Malacañang occupant in their almost...

Recto: Mindanao blackouts imperil May polls

10 April 2016, Comment are Off
No-el due to No-el must be avoided Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today called on the executive department to act swiftly on the blackouts hitting large swaths of Mindanao, saying power failure in the island of 12.5 million voters on election day could seriously affect...