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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

Dahil 15-oras na ang trabaho sa eleksyon Dahil nadagdagan ang oras ng kanilang serbisyo, dapat lamang na tumanggap ng dagdag na P1,000 ang mga guro na magsisilbi bilang Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) sa halalan nitong Mayo. Ito ang hiniling ngayon ni Senate President

With the May 9 voting hours prolonged from 6 am to 5pm, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to study the possibility of increasing by P1,000 the pay of teachers who will be on

Once it is sought, Malacañang should approve the request of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to return to the Bangladesh government its earnings from the cyberheist loot gambled away in state-regulated casinos. Senator Ralph Recto issued this call after it

Motorists who have long paid for new vehicle plates but yet to receive their metal sheets from the Land Transportation Office (LTO) may soon find their woes over. According to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, a total of 600,000 vehicle plates abandoned at the Bureau of

Nakatengga lang sa Customs  Kung matagal ka nang bayad para sa bagong plaka ng Land Transportation Office (LTO), may pag-asa pang makuha mo na ang plaka kahit na nakatengga pa sa korte ang nasabing isyu. Ayon kay Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, tanging ang go-signal na

QUESTIONS OF SENATOR RECTO ON THE LOW PENALTIES PAID BY BANKS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING SEN. RECTO:   I’m sorry, Mr. Chairman, just to follow up on this. Maybe we should ask the BSP governor, or deputy governor in this case. What is the possible penalty of RCBC?  What are the range of

‘Form ready-to-deploy rescue brigades, build hospital ships’ The next administration should cut the red tape slowing down calamity aid and preposition Quick Response Funds (QRF) to the regions in order to bring relief to disaster areas fast, Senator Ralph Recto said

Include Abu Sayyaf problem in next pres’l debate – Recto   Finishing off the Abu Sayyaf is this president’s last job and the next president’s first. They have bedeviled four presidencies and, if not stopped, is on track to confront the fifth Malacañang occupant in their almost