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Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto backed calls that President Aquino issue the executive order implementing the Congress-approved P57.9 billion fund for the first tranche of the pay hike of national government workers “before Valentine’s Day is over.” “If he doesn’t have a...

The chairman of the Senate body in charge of the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said there is “absolutely no time” for the adjourned Congress to tackle the agency’s request for a P6.7 billion aid package for families who could be affected by El...

The possible repatriation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) displaced by plummeting oil prices was not factored in the preparation of the 2016 national budget, “leaving a huge funding hole” on how to shoehorn their re-entry into the Philippine job market. “This is one...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today advised Malacanang to consult with leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives before finalizing its plan to adjust unilaterally the salary of government workers this year without an enabling law. Recto welcomed the recent...

Even if Congress will adjourn today for a four-month election break without passing the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) IV, government workers can still get their pay hike through an executive order which President Aquino can sign. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto sa...

Longer jail time and higher fines await Customs and other government employees who will pilfer balikbayan boxes or extort money from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in exchange for the release of handcarried or shipped cargo. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said these...

A bonus equivalent to one month pay is scheduled to be given to government workers in June, highlighting the need for the House and the Senate to break their impasse over a pay hike bill for state workers, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said the...

Despite the deadlock in the House-Senate negotiation on the proposed government pay hike, there was, however, “tripartite agreement” on a provision guaranteeing that so-called Magna Carta benefits of government workers will not be taken away. This was disclosed by Senate...