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PAGASA lost another seasoned weather forecaster, Ricky Fabregas, who had reportedly accepted a P100,000 a month job in Congo. At the rate weather forecasters are leaving the Philippine area of responsibility, we may end up with no one alarming us that a typhoon is coming. If the

Share of the country’s 42,028 barangays from internal revenues will go up to P68.3 billion next year, or a P7.8 billion increase from this year’s P60.5 billion, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto revealed today. While some quarters have viewed this kitty as a major reason

The big picture is that Customs is under orders to collect P408 billion next year. That’s a P68 billion jump from their P340 billion quota this year. One peso in every five tax pesos that will be collected next year will come from the BoC. This can be viewed from another angle,

Senate President ProTempore Ralph Recto today described the proposed education budget for 2014 as a “big shopping cart of school supplies” that will close manpower and equipment gaps in public schools. Recto said the Department of Education will hire 33,194 teachers and 1,500

Inihirit ngayon ni Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto ang agad na pag-recruit ng karagdagang 400 MMDA traffic enforcers na tutulong sa pagmamando ng daloy ng trapiko sa Metro Manila mula umaga hanggang gabi. Ayon kay Recto, matagal na panahon pa ang hihintayin natin bago

The proposed budget of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for 2014 is P2.65 billion, or P1.2 billion higher than this year’s P1.48 billion. It is twice bigger than the P1.36 billion it got last year. The MMDA’s budget is booked in the national budget as Allocations to

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has praised Malacanang for the “makeover “ of the national budget, in which spending is linked to clear outcomes, “that even the five-minute response time of firefighters is now attached to the budget of the Bureau of Fire Protection as a

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today said that Manila’s bus ban should provide the impetus for the convening of a Metro Manila summit that will tackle the flood, traffic and “the region’s other interlocking problems” and “to kick-start the preparation for the country’s

A rising tide must raise all ships. I think that is the core of the President’s message this afternoon. He wants any economic improvement to be enjoyed by all. And he has prescribed the ways by which wealth created can be dispersed. Tama ang pinahiwatig ng Pangulo na ang mahirap