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Sen. Ralph Recto has asked the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the viability of the approved P351-billion over-all master plan on flood management in the National Capital Region, which is by far the most ambitious and expensive flood control program ever crafted by the national

The Senate is being called to step into the worsening traffic mess and scrutinize the soundness of the government’s traffic panacea that would solve decongestion in major thoroughfares and intersections. Sen. Ralph G. Recto today urged the Senate Committee on Public Services to

Sen. Ralph G. Recto today deplored reports that water concessionaires Maynilad Water Services and Manila Water Co. were passing on their multi-billion corporate income tax payments to their consumers. Recto said he would be filing a resolution calling for a Senate inquiry into

Sen. Ralph G. Recto said today’s signing into law of the measure institutionalizing the “K plus 12” education would align the country with the global standards in education and likewise open more doors to children denied of their chance to step inside a classroom. Recto said a

Calling it crazy and unenforceable, Sen. Ralph G. Recto today called for the immediate shelving of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) resolution imposing a “money ban” to curb vote-buying before and during Monday’s elections. “It will have an adverse impact on business and

Sen. Ralph G. Recto yesterday reiterated his proposal to tax -exempt Christmas and 13th month bonuses and overtime pay of private and government workers that would effectively bring down income taxes and make it as part of government’s Labor Day surprise for May 1. “I really

Sen. Ralph G. Recto today said government should quickly send a humanitarian mission to help victims of the devastating earthquake that rocked a Southwestern Chinese province last weekend. “As a neighbor with deep historical and economic ties, the country should send its own

The Senate now anticipates the naming of their counterparts from the House of Representatives to the bicameral conference committee that would reconcile conflicting provisions of the “Family Care Act” and the Alternative Fuel Vehicles Incentives Act (AFVI). The twin measures have

Relief for taxpayers and relief from dirty air. This was the gist of the twin legislative initiatives launched this week by Sen. Ralph G. Recto, hoping that the two proposed measures would get enough numbers to pass before election break sets in. Recto’s Senate Bill (SB) 2856 or