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Government should start rolling out acash-for-work program in Yolanda-devastated areas in order to “clear and clean”communities of debris and employ those whose jobs or livelihood werealso destroyed by the typhoon. “Disaster areas need a differentkind of emergency – emergency

Government can doublethe number of its operational C-130 planes to six next year byearmarking P1.5 billion in the 2014 national budget. Senate President ProTempore Ralph G. Recto said the cost of refurbishing one mothballedC-130 in the Philippine Air Force inventory is P500

As agricultural damages continue to mount due to the recent onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto pushed for the immediate passage of a bill establishing a special insurance program for rice and corn farmers heavily hit by calamitie

We would like to remind thenational government to also address the devastation caused by Santi. As of October 16, according to theNDRRMC itself, the only assistance coming from the central government wasthe P6.6 million worth of relief goods from the DSWD. I am sure,however, that

It is perhaps time to thaw the frozen pork and use it to help victims of the Visayas earthquake, Typhoon Santi and the siege of Zamboanga. Withheld PDAF can be converted into a Priority Disaster Assistance Fund. To effect the release, the Senate can issue a resolution authorizing

Saying that disaster relief funds in the proposed 2014 national budget are not enough to finance the reconstruction of areas hit by the string of man-made and natural calamities, Sen. Recto today called for adjustments in next year’s budget to accommodate rebuilding w

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto is pushing for the enactment of a bill that would provide mandatory PhilHealth coverage to all senior citizens – without distinction – by removing the limitation under the law that grants the statutory benefit only to those who are

The government should seriously take into consideration the increasing amount of rainfall being poured by monsoon rains when it crafts its over-all master plan on flood management in the National Capital Region. This is according to Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto, as

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto has filed two separate measures seeking to make use of the Malampaya funds for the reduction of power rates and to speed up the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The two bills, Recto said, also mandate