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Malacañang plans to buy P19.1 billion worth of drugs and vaccines in 2020 and will send 80 percent of these to provinces, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. Recto said the “purchase order” is contained in President Duterte’s 36-page Budget Message for 2020, which

The President is in the right in directing foreign ships who will sail on our seas to ask clearance from the proper government authority well in advance of the actual passage. If we accost jaywalkers and fine drivers who change lanes abruptly, then why should we not demand the

Gina was not a debutante infatuated with green causes to which she had a passing fancy. She was a lifelong warrior for Mother Earth. She walked her talk, be it in defense of helpless children or displaced communities, or in nursing back to life polluted waters or ravaged forests.

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto wants a Senate probe on the “monumental delays” in irrigation projects, warning that the country’s food security and the income of its farmers will be hurt “if these projects will not flow like water.” Because one cannot grow crops without

From just four types, a senator is pressing the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to debut next year a fifth – elevated walkways – in its infrastructure menu. “It is time to elevate wide pedestrian and bike lanes, whether ground-level or elevated, to the league of

With the worsening road traffic in Metro Manila – the home of 2.8 million vehicles – hiring more traffic management personnel should be made a priority, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. Recto said he is backing the appeal of the Metro Manila Development Authority

I thank President Duterte for signing the Murang Kuryente Act, and Sen. Win Gatchalian for shepherding its passage in the Senate. The law is like a light switch that turns off the collection from consumers of the Universal Charge (UC) on stranded debts and stranded contract costs

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has formally asked for a Senate probe on the “presence and prevalence” of counterfeit drugs in the Philippines after a United Nations agency tagged it as having the “highest incidence” of fake medicines in Southeast Asia. In a Senate

It’s time for DepEd to do its homework in textbook procurement and finally end the problem of “Wow Mali” textbooks and those that do not last long because they are printed on papel de lambot. Graver, however, than the problem of error-filled books is the delay in their