APR
07
2016

Recto: “We are used to China’s tantrums”

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today laughed off the outburst made by Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang labeling him irresponsible for linking Chinese hackers to the $81-million cyberheist on Bangladesh Bank, describing China’s response as “mere
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APR
06
2016

Recto: CHED extends deadline for K to 12 tutors’ scholarship

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has given the thumb of approval to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto’s appeal that teachers displaced by the K to 12 basic education program be given more time to apply for the government-funded scholarship program for higher
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APR
06
2016

Recto: Mabilis na paglabas ng IRR ng bagong PWD law, ipinangako ni Dinky

Mga taong may mental illness, saklaw ng batas Nagbitaw na ng salita ang miyembro ng Gabinete na mangunguna sa pagsusulat ng Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) ng Expanded Persons with Disability (PWD) Benefits Law na ito ay mabilis na mailalabas, bagay na lubos na ikinatuwa
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APR
06
2016

Recto: Dinky vows fast release of PWD law’s IRR

Rules will cover persons with mental illness The Cabinet official who will lead the writing of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Expanded Persons with Disability (PWD) Benefits Law said such will be “speedily crafted,” a promise which has elated the measure’s
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APR
05
2016

Recto: Law requires online disclosure of El Niño, Calamity Fund spending 

The proof of the spending is in the posting. With this, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto reminded national agencies in receipt of hundreds of millions of pesos in Calamity Fund and Quick Response Fund (QRF) to comply with a provision of a law requiring them to post in
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APR
04
2016

Blackout unacceptable, NAIA in the black with P3B profit

Gov’t earned P5.3 B in ’14 from NAIA Government collected P9.3 billion from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) passengers and airlines in 2014, netting P5.25 billion, “which is more than enough to guarantee reliable electricity or buy emergency pow
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APR
03
2016

After PWD law, sign Balikbayan Box Law next, PNoy urged

After signing the law granting more tax discounts to persons with disabilities (PWD), President Aquino should sign next the bill raising the tax-exempt value of balikbayan boxes, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “One good measure deserves another,” Recto said,
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APR
03
2016

Apela ni Recto: Balikbayan Box Law, dapat nang pirmahan

Umapela ngayon si Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto sa Palasyo at Kongreso na agarang umaksyon para mapirmahan na ang batas na magtataas sa P150,000 ang halaga ng pasalubong na puwedeng ipadala ng mga Overseas Filipinos sa kanilang pamilya. Sa oras na mapirmahan ang
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APR
02
2016

Recto: Send humanitarian army, calamity aid, Cabinet men to Kidapawan

Malacañang was urged to send a “humanitarian army” to North Cotabato and other areas in the South hit by a dry spell which has parched lands and raised peasant protests against government inaction to a boiling point. “Don’t rush troops. Send in a humanitarian army instead. Let it
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