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Six hundred thousand pieces of imported car plates would not have passed through the port of Manila, where Customs officials seized them, if they were only manufactured locally. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto cited the above case in underscoring the need for government

The distribution of women’s “dignity kits” during disasters and emergencies is now mandatory, pursuant to a Department of Health (DOH) order released last month, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said today. The kit must contain 22 items of women’s personal care,

Government will only have to shell out P9.1 billion – or equivalent to its water, power and gasoline expenses in six months – to make public colleges tuition-free, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said. “The numbers show that it is attainable and affordable,” Recto sai

Not all is lost for the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) bill, as there is a three-week post-election window in which the Senate can pass the measure institutionalizing a program all presidential candidates have agreed must be strengthened, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto

To thank them for their services, government should waive vehicle registration fees of volunteer-owned firetrucks and place the brave men manning them under PhilHealth insurance, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto proposed today. This, as Recto called on the national

The principal sponsor of the bill creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) remains optimistic that President Aquino will sign the measure into law “sa tamang panahon.” “I think the Palace is searching for the best day for a signing ceremon

As La Nina looms, PAGASA has only P4.2 M for warning systems in 18 major river basins As the rainless El Niño swings to the other extreme of a rainy La Niña, the government was urged today release funds for the equipment upgrade of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and

One unfinished business of the 1986 EDSA revolution is how to plowback the billions in coco levy funds to the millions of farmers who paid them, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said. “Thirty years have passed and the farmers are still waiting for the money, the fund is

Thousands of government employees won’t be able to fully enjoy the pay hikes recently ordered by Malacañang unless the share of barangays, towns, cities and provinces from national tax collections will be increased, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said