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DEC
29
2020

RA 11520: Extending the Availability of the 2020 GAA to Dec. 31, 2021

Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaEighteenth CongressSecond Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand twenty. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11520] AN ACT EXTENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE 2020
DEC
11
2019

Recto pushes for hike in basic salary of government employees (Salary Standardization Law 5)

During the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020, Recto pointed out that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had already earmarked P31.1 billion for the next tranche of the Salary Standardization Law. Replying to Recto’s
DEC
10
2019

Interpelasyon ni Sen. Recto ukol sa pagdaragdag ng budget para sa Department of National Defense

Ayon sa datos, two percent lamang ng national budget ang inilalaan para sa Department of National Defense (DND), kaya naman isinusulong ni Senator Ralph Recto na dagdagan ang budget ng ahensiya upang makapag-invest hindi lamang sa shipbuilding equipment na siyang magiging
DEC
05
2019

Students may face ‘forced vacation’ due to budget cuts. Interpellation of Sen. Recto on CHED budget

PHP11.6-billion cut made in the budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for 2020 would affect hundreds of thousands of college students availing of its scholarship programs. – For 2020, CHED was allocated PHP40.784 billion, which is nearly 23 percent lower than
DEC
04
2019

Pagpapaganda at pagsasaayos ng Metro Manila, dapat din tutukan ng MMDA — Recto

Mandato ng MMDA ang kumilos, magplano, at magmonitor nang mga regulatory practices sa Metro Manila. Ngunit dahil napag-alaman na mas pinagtutuunan nang pansin ang mga minor projects, isinusulong ni Senator Ralph Recto ang pagtutok sa pagpapaganda at pagsasaayos ng siyudad bilang
NOV
28
2019

Recto raises security concerns with China co-owning the Philippine Grid (40% ownership of NGCP)

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto raised a possible “connivance” among Chinese companies in the Philippines. “Our AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and PNP (Philippine National Police) should connive, because there seems to be a connivance from them (Chinese
NOV
27
2019

Interpelasyon ni Recto sa DICT budget para sa 2020 ukol sa Cybersecurity ng Pilipinas

The present day society is a modern and technologically advanced one; kaya naman, kasabay ng pag-usbong ng smart technologies ay ang pag-usbong ng mga lokal at foreign hackers at malware developers. Nais tutukan ni Senator Ralph Recto ang Department of Information, Communication
NOV
26
2019

Recto: Where are the 1.7 billion trees in 2 M hectares of land funded by P39 B tree program?

Senator Ralph Recto said that based on National Greening Program’s P38.9 billion total budget from 2011 to 2019, a total of 1.807 billion trees in 2.141 million hectares of land should have been planted until December 2019. “After counting the number of trees planted, it is time
NOV
26
2019

Interpelasyon ni Recto sa panukalang P10,000 dagdag suweldo sa mga public school teacher

Itinuturing natin na isang malaking “investment” ang pagdagdag sa teachers’ chalk allowance (teaching supplies) kung saan ang kabataan ang “end beneficiaries.” • Senate Bill No. 466: P10,000.00 Across-The-Board Increase In The Basic Monthly Salary of
NOV
20
2019

Recto: Enough budget space to comply with SC ruling on gov’t nurses pay

If the executive branch will not comply, the Senate will. If the Supreme Court has ruled that government nurses should occupy Salary Grade (SG) 15 position and not SG 10 and 11, and if such can only be enforced through an act of appropriation, then the Senate will do its part.