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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

Executive Order (EO) 201 makes the provisions of the deadlocked bill on SSL IV permanent. It does not merely implement the congressionally-authorized funding for the first tranche but prescribes a new pay classification system, which must be funded in the coming years. This

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today asked the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to “scrape the bottom of the barrel” just to ensure that funds are released this year to make the administration of the new Negros Island Region (NIR) operational.

Recto: BUB, bigger IRA, budget support needed to collect 15 billion kgs of trash yearly National government must throw a lifeline to towns and small cities drowning in garbage so the latter can sanitarily handle the estimated 14.6 billion kilos of garbage Filipinos will produce

I am grateful for my inclusion in the Miriam-BongBong senatorial ticket. I am expressing my thanks because good manners require me to acknowledge such a kind gesture. Politeness must trump partisan politics any time Senators Santiago and Marcos are esteemed hardworking colleagues

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto backed calls that President Aquino issue the executive order implementing the Congress-approved P57.9 billion fund for the first tranche of the pay hike of national government workers “before Valentine’s Day is over.” “If he doesn’t have a

The chairman of the Senate body in charge of the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said there is “absolutely no time” for the adjourned Congress to tackle the agency’s request for a P6.7 billion aid package for families who could be affected by El

The possible repatriation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) displaced by plummeting oil prices was not factored in the preparation of the 2016 national budget, “leaving a huge funding hole” on how to shoehorn their re-entry into the Philippine job market. “This is one

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today advised Malacanang to consult with leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives before finalizing its plan to adjust unilaterally the salary of government workers this year without an enabling law. Recto welcomed the recent