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Would-be scholars to get P20,000 monthly stipend Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto is urging the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to extend the deadline for the application to the scholarship program that would provide thousands of K to 12 displaced teachers a

A day after the country’s corporate watchdog batted for a national identification system to ease financial transaction and combat money laundering, a proposal has been made in the Senate to elevate the PhilHealth card as the “pambansang ID.” Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph

Buena mano. That was how Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto described the move of casino junket operator Kim Wong to return to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) $4.6 million of laundered money from Bangladesh. “May Kim Wong’s act serve as buena mano. That is $4.6

On returning the stolen money Kung magsasauli si Kim Wong ng pera, that’s good news. It should be welcomed. Magandang ehemplo yan para sa lahat. On the root of the problem Ang maganda lang na nangyayari sa hearing, ay unti-unti nang lumalabas ang katotohanan. Ang iba boluntaryong

Urges DSWD, DOF to rush implementing rules The new law granting tax exemption and discounts on certain purchases made by persons with disability (PWD) also grants income tax deduction to those who care for them, one of the measure’s principal authors explained today. Senate

If Philippine authorities will only act swiftly, they may still recover more than 40 percent, about $34-million, of the $81-million loot that was stolen by hackers from Bangladesh Bank. The possibility of recovering the loot, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto,

There’s only one forest guard for every 3,376 hectares of forestland, rendering the country’s diminishing woodlands prone to poachers and leaving no frontline personnel to stomp out fires like the one razing the slopes of Mount Apo, the country’s highest peak. “The lack of forest

Almost half a million more seniors will start getting a P6,000 yearly pension from the government effective this year, after Congress increased by P3 billion the budget for social pension for indigent 60-year-olds and above. So that qualified beneficiaries will start getting

Government should take advantage of the “good summer weather window” in building classrooms to erase the backlog in this critical education resource, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said. With classes in public schools now ended, education officials should also use the