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Before PNoy steps down  All the loot recovered in the Philippines from money hacked from a Bangladesh bank should be returned to that country before President Aquino steps down from office on June 30, a senator said today. “That should be our national deadline. Before President

In as much as they all support the Coco Levy Bill and the 4Ps Institutionalization Bill, presidential and vice presidential candidates should sign a covenant pledging they would work for the passage of the measures before Congress ends its session in June. This was proposed today

Whoever wins the May presidential polls should make stopping rape and all kinds of violence against women a national priority. Official reports paint a disturbing picture. A woman or a child is raped every 50 minutes. Last year, rape cases reported to the police and other law

As the no-contact traffic rules violation citation project rolls out in the National Capital Region (NCR), Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto called for the plowing back of the registration fees paid by 2.2 million NCR vehicle owners to road safety and discipline program

If the government timetable is up-to-date, select cities and towns in 12 regions will experience free broadband internet access beginning June this year. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said a report submitted to him by the Information and Communications Technology

El Niño, which is leaving many farms parched of water, is also affecting those who live off the country’s waters. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said this today in urging the government to extend its El Niño aid program “from inland places to the sea.” “Not only

For Metro Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) no-contact policy to fully succeed, government’s “no plate available” system must end. This was pointed out today by Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto in asking government to “plug some loopholes” in what he describes as a

Kung hindi ilalabas ang El Niño funds  Hindi nalalayong maharap sa pambansang krisis ang Pilipinas dahil sa tagtuyot kung hindi agarang ilalabas ng pamahalaan ang P3.9-bilyong Calamity Fund at P6.7-bilyong Quick Response Fund (QRF) para makaabot sa mga probinsyang apektado ng El

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today appealed to Malacanang to download at the soonest time possible billions of pesos in Calamity Fund and Quick Response Fund (QRF) to provinces facing the wrath of the El Niño phenomenon, saying pre-emptive measures are needed to avert