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Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 23 August 2022 DSWD, a big ATM – Ayuda, Tulong Machine – has smallest regular staff of 2,993 The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s flawed aid distribution to indigent students was a “teachable

The institutionalization of “pasa-buy” in government purchases has transformed two agencies into “mega parking lots of funds” which, despite years-long delays in delivering the goods and projects they were contracted to buy, still raked in hundreds of millions in commissions.

The Supreme Court’s statements that it will soon order the mandatory use of body cameras in the serving of warrants should be a signal to the DBM and the DILG to include funds for their purchase in the 2022 national budget. “Sinabi na ng Korte Suprema. Ihanda na ang pondo. Hindi

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

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. 11519] AN ACT EXTENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS

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. 11494] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

President Duterte should order government agencies to add the most important column in their monthly publication of funds spent, and that is for “goods and services delivered to the people.”  “Spent” is a broad term, and is often used to disguise delays in the delivery of

After asking questions from the Board of PhilHealth, the following points were deduced by Senator Ralph Recto: PhilHealth’s financial status is okay, with roughly P200 billion in cash and investments. “May panlaban pala tayo sa pandemya,” Recto said. PhilHealth’s Board or the so

Senator Ralph Recto discusses the problems hounding the PhilHealth. “It is unfortunate that PhilHealth is imploding in the midst of the pandemic,” he said. Given the limited budget, Recto said the government should beef up our health frontline by hiring more health workers,

They stand shoulder to shoulder with medical staff in public hospitals, but because of their status as private service providers, janitors and security guards are not entitled to hazard and hardship pay despite facing the same health risks.  Taking up the cudgels for them,