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Kung hindi ilalabas ang El Niño funds  Hindi nalalayong maharap sa pambansang krisis ang Pilipinas dahil sa tagtuyot kung hindi agarang ilalabas ng pamahalaan ang P3.9-bilyong Calamity Fund at P6.7-bilyong Quick Response Fund (QRF) para makaabot sa mga probinsyang apektado ng El...

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today appealed to Malacanang to download at the soonest time possible billions of pesos in Calamity Fund and Quick Response Fund (QRF) to provinces facing the wrath of the El Niño phenomenon, saying pre-emptive measures are needed to avert...

Dahil 15-oras na ang trabaho sa eleksyon Dahil nadagdagan ang oras ng kanilang serbisyo, dapat lamang na tumanggap ng dagdag na P1,000 ang mga guro na magsisilbi bilang Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) sa halalan nitong Mayo. Ito ang hiniling ngayon ni Senate President...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...