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06
2022

Four QC-based specialty hospitals face subsidy cuts

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 6 September 2022 Four QC-based specialty hospitals face subsidy cuts Four Quezon City-based specialty hospitals are facing budget cuts next year,” all deep and none superficial,” Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto
SEP
05
2022

14,208 new cops next year must respond to 911 call in 15 minutes max

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 5 September 2022 14,208 new cops next year must respond to 911 call in 15 minutes max The PNP plans to “hire, arm and deploy” 14,208 new officers next year, joining a   force whose leadership has
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02
2022

‘Budget Errata’ can cure Unprogrammed Fund gray areas

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 2 September 2022 ’Budget Errata’ can cure Unprogrammed Fund gray areas We look forward to DBM’s submission of the details of the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA). As I have said many times, the
AUG
31
2022

PS-DBM’s twin, PITC, with P14 B in undelivered orders, must be reformed, too

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 30 August 2022 PS-DBM’s twin, PITC, with P14 B in undelivered orders, must be reformed, too The PS-DBM’s “controversial twin”, the Philippine International Trading Corp., should also be “disenfranchised as a
AUG
27
2022

Unprogrammed fund bloats actual budget by half-trillion, ‘588 billion shades of grey’ must be itemized

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 27 August 2022 Unprogrammed fund bloats actual budget by half-trillion, ‘588  billion shades of grey’ must be itemized The proposed national budget for 2023 is actually P5.856
AUG
26
2022

Breaking bread before budget hearing

House leaders join the administration’s economic team for a breakfast hosted by Speaker Martin Romualdez before the official start this morning of the  month-long House hearings on the proposed P5.268 trillion national budget of the Marcos administration for 2023.
AUG
23
2022

DSWD, a big ATM – Ayuda, Tulong Machine – has smallest regular staff of 2,993

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 23 August 2022 DSWD, a big ATM – Ayuda, Tulong Machine – has smallest regular staff of 2,993 The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s flawed aid distribution to indigent students was a “teachable
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22
2022

2023 budget must fix spending delays, procurement fiascos

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto When it comes to public spending, the problem is not in budget authorization, or when Congress approves the budget, but in budget execution, when agencies spend the budget given to them. The budget is supposed to
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17
2022

Saan aabot ang 18 pesos mo?

Saan aabot ang 18 pesos mo? Ayon sa bagong labas na estatistika ng pamahalaan, kasya na daw pangluto ng isang kainan para sa isang tao. Kaya kung altanghap, sapat na daw ang ₱55.80 na arawang budget.  Ito ang tinatawag na daily food threshold ng isang Pinoy, ayon sa