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No-el due to No-el must be avoided Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today called on the executive department to act swiftly on the blackouts hitting large swaths of Mindanao, saying power failure in the island of 12.5 million voters on election day could seriously affect

No Electricity, No Election. Ito, ayon kay Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, ang nakakatakot na pangyayari na dapat aksyunan agad ng pamahalaan kung nais nitong masiguro ang mapayapa at tapat na eleksyon sa susunod na buwan. Ayon kay Recto, marami ang nangangamba na aabot

A Senate leader said today that “complicated rules and cumbersome requirements” governing the request, release and use of national calamity funds are equally liable for the trickle down of aid to El Niño-hit areas. “Red tape and rules are the main culprits why aid is moving in a

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

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

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

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

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

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