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Sen. Ralph Recto said proposed changes to the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) are not meant “to mangle the bill but mend it” so the final version will be acceptable to the “country, the citizenry and the Constitution.” “When we propose revisions, it is out of the desire to

Sana maisauli din ang mga personal effects ng SAF 44 tulad ng cellphone, relo, wedding rings, pitaka na naglalaman ng mga litrato ng kanilang mga mahal sa buhay. Iba kasi ang pag-aari ng gobyerno na na-issue sa kanila at ang kanilang personal na kagamitan. Para sa mga naulila,

There’s no excuse for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) not to buy handrail straps – to prevent its riders from falling like dominoes as its aging coaches are becoming prone to sudden stops – as their P2.25 million cost is a drop in the bucket of its farebox income and government

Sen. Ralph Recto today challenged the government’s peace czar to allocate a fraction of her almost P8 billion budget this year in building a concrete bridge over the river in Mamasapano town near where 44 police commandos died in a gun battle with Moro rebels. “That rickety foot

The Senate will not be “blackmailed into rubber-stamping” the approval of the MILF-drafted proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) as the bill is “littered with policy landmines which must be defused,” Sen. Ralph Recto said. “It cannot pass in its present form. It has to undergo

Senator Ralph Recto today thanks the President for signing the bill adjusting the ceiling of the 13th month pay and other benefits excluded from the computation of gross income tax, from P30,000 to P82,000. “The law is meant to provide economic relief to workers both private and

Police and military units summoned to the Senate’s probe on the Mamasapano firefight should present a “chronological sequencing” of events from the minute “A-1 intel” was received on the location of the prey to the time the body of the last police commando was plucked out of the

“Widows, mothers and relatives” of the fallen police commandos should be the invited to the Senate probe on the Mamapasano incident so they can shed light on “the brave last moments” of their loved ones who were phoning them till the end, a senator suggested today. “The

Postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will free up almost P7.7 billion in SK share from the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of barangays this year, Sen. Ralph Recto said today. Under the law, the SKs get 10 percent of the barangays’ IRA, which is P76.7 billion for