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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

Pension System para sa mga farmer, isinulong ni Senador Recto sa interpelasyon sa 2020 budget

Isa si Senator Ralph Recto sa nagsisilbing boses ng sektor ng mga magsasaka sa bansa. Sa susunod na taon, nais nyang gumawa ng batas na magbibigay ng tulong pinansyal sa mga magsasakang nasa “retiring age” na.
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.
NOV
20
2019

Senate’s ‘united move’ averts mass endo of nurses

Not one of the nurses presently employed under the DOH Nurse Deployment Program will lose their jobs next year on account of the projected budget cuts. RN pa rin sila, Retained Nurses. This is the assurance made on record and in the open by Senator Go, the sponsor of the DOH
NOV
19
2019

Budget lack derails nat’l ID project timeline

The administration pressed Congress to pass the National ID Law, designating it a national project of the highest priority, certifying that funds are available for its implementation, and no wonder Congress complied. That was two years ago, when we passed the law certified as
NOV
14
2019

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

Sa ilalim ng proposed 2020 national budget, dodoblehin ang budget for tree planting – mula sa kasalukuyang P2.6 billion to P5.15 billion. The DENR’s National Greening Program is one of the very few programs that will be gifted with almost a 100% budget increase. Budgets for
NOV
13
2019

Buy Filipino in defense spending will yield dividends for PH gun, boat makers

Increased defense spending should be accompanied by more purchases of locally-made defense and police equipment, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “There should be local dividends from the equipment shopping spree,” Recto said. He cited the quality of the products of
NOV
11
2019

Time to erase and increase the amount of our teachers’ Chalk Allowance

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH SBN 1092: Teaching Supplies Allowance Act by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto Mr. President: It has been said that what the teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased. But we, on the other hand, can erase and change the amount of