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The national government is setting aside P50.6 billion in the proposed 2016 national budget for the salary hike of its 1.3 million workers, details of which will be fleshed out in a bill the Palace will later send to Congress. Although the Palace is still mum on the bill’s

A bill making the caring of a person with disability (PWD) tax-deductible nears approval in the Senate after it was reported out for floor debates Monday. One of the measure’s authors, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto, explained in his sponsorship speech that the bill

Sen. Ralph Recto is calling for an increase in the P500 million assistance fund to K to 12 displaced college teachers and workers which the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is proposing in the 2016 national budget. “This should be augmented because if there will be

To stop all speculations, the PNP should state what will be awarded, who will be awarded, and when will it be awarded – and make sure that when the date is set, it will push through “time on target.” They must make the announcement soon before someone nominates them for a Medal

Better for Cabinet members who are planning to run for office to stay longer in their post so they will be able to defend their agency’s budget request for 2016 and report how they used the funds for the current year. This was pointed out by Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G.

On the proposed LRT fare increase: It should go through public hearings or at the very least the people must be told the need, the justification and the legal basis. Most important, fare hike proponents must explain what improvements will a fare increase bring. What are the

Malacañang has been urged to unveil the pay hike package it is proposing for the nation’s civil servants, if any, so that it can be studied in earnest by Congress and by the state employees themselves. The call was made by Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto, who said

It’s free, easy to open, simple to maintain, and not hard to access. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto is referring to a Facebook (FB) account, which more than 30 million Filipinos have as of latest count. Now Recto is asking government to open an account for every

The Health department budget will jump from P87.8 billion this year to P124.2 billion next year, an impressive 41 percent hike never before seen in history. “Call it a booster shot or a massive fund transfusion, but percentage-wise, this one breaks the record,” Sen. Ralph Recto