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Sen. Ralph Recto today said he would introduce an amendment in the provisions governing the use of schoolbuilding funds in the 2016 national budget which would require the installation of window and door screens in public school classrooms to shield students from dengue

Government budget to treat HIV/AIDS cases will breach the P1 billion mark next year, “the price the Philippines has to pay for reportedly having one of fast growing HIV epidemics in the world,” a Senate leader said today. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto said the

Despite the threat of an El Niño depressing farm output and dampening economic growth, there is no fund in the 2016 budget which is specifically earmarked to cushion the effects of the projected dry spell. “Is there a single peso in the P3 trillion budget which is labelled as an

Joker earned sobriquets in his storied life. The Great Dissenter. The Maverick. The Defender. He was even called The Scrooge for his economical use of office funds. But there was one area he didn’t scrimp on. And that was offering his sharp legal mind, for free, to those who need

Government will be spending P850 million next year to finance the studies of 3,201 scholars taking up masteral and doctoral degrees in science, engineering and mathematics. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto said the allocation, booked under the budget of the Department

This is the longest political courtship in recent years. Good things await those who have the patience to wait. Leni is the perfect match and a great catch for Mar. If Gringo will join the fray, Leni will be the fourth Bicolano to throw her hat into the vice presidential ring.

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto today called for the “clustering” of all airport-related “performance guarantees” pledged by government agencies operating in NAIA and other major gateways for 2016. Under the new budgeting scheme, agencies are required to enumera

With five senators vying for higher posts, including three partymates for one position, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto hopes that the 2016 contest among the five “will not be a take-no-prisoners bruising fight” but something that is “fierce but friendly, intense but

Why not include the spotting and cleaning of mosquito breeding places as among the “conditions” in the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program? Sen. Ralph G. Recto today said that “merely tweaking” the conditions of the P62 billion Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program