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Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto September 2, 2023 For all the loud noises government makes in defending what is ours in the West Philippine Sea, it seems that the funds it is proposing in the 2024 national budget for improving military

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto August 30, 2023 Pirmado na ng Pangulo ang batas na magtatayo ng mga Specialty Centers sa mga piling DOH hospitals. Kung hindi ‘yan mapopondohan sa 2024 budget, ibig sabihin sa 2025 pa ang implementasyon n’yan. If

Press Release  27 August 2023 For an additional P2.63 billion – one of the biggest budget increases among agencies for next year – the Bureau of Immigration (B.I.) said it would process incoming and outgoing travelers “within 45 seconds.”  The B.I.’s pledge is part of

Press Release  6 August 2023 The proposed 2024 national budget of P5.767 trillion translates to average daily spending of P15.8 billion, but only P11.7 billion of which is supportable by revenues, leaving a P4 billion hole which must be plugged by debt. “To fully grasp the

Press Release  5 August 2023 The budget for the DepEd’s “School-Based Feeding Program” will double from the current year’s P5.68 billion to P11.71 billion under next year’s P5.76 trillion national budget. And if the proposed P4.1 billion for the DSWD’s “Supplementary Feeding

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. RectoAugust 2, 2023 These are the four elephants in the room that the congressional scrutiny of the 2024 national budget will have to confront. Disasters, of the natural kind, have now graduated as a macroeconomic