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AUG
01
2022

On new disaster agency, name doesn’t matter; powers and funding do – Recto

Press Release 1 August 2022 On new disaster agency, name doesn’t matter; powers and funding do – Recto Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto said whatever the official name of the new disaster response agency will be is “secondary to its powers and functions.” “I
NOV
10
2020

2021 Budget: Daily revenue of P7.44 B dwarfed by P12.35 B daily expenses

Breaking down next year’s P4.506 trillion national budget on a daily basis reveals “the gravity and the gaps” which the pandemic has wrought upon government spending, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “We are budgeting P4.506 trillion next year, of which only P2.717
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
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