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‘Make birth docs valid for lifetime’

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has filed a bill conferring lifetime validity on a birth certificate  regardless of the date of its issuance,...

Recto seeks debt limit; files ‘debt cap’ bill

A debt cap bill has been filed in the Senate, setting national indebtedness at an amount not more than 50 percent of the national...

‘Safe’ project faces probe

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is calling for a congressional inquiry into the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s “Safe Philippines” Project...

Funnel sin tax, lotto, casino money into UHC ­– Recto

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said government revenues  from the multi-billion-peso casino and lotto income, plus sin tax collections will be funnelled to...

Villar, Pacquiao Senate’s richest

BASED on their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth last year, Senator Cynthia Villar is still the richest member of the Senate followed...

Recto: PNP needs to fill huge gap of cops on the ground Recto

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday said the first mission of incoming Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde is to fill the...

Recto stays upbeat on ’maritime MRT’

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has expressed hopes that the planned “maritime MRT—or Manila River Transport—to be led by Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno,...

Higher pay, allowances await teachers next year

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto says teachers will have higher allowances and take-home pay next year. “We can double the chalk allowance, increase the...

Senate hikes PNP budget next year, Recto says

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the P19.9-billion increase in the PNP budget to P131.5 billion from this year’s P111.6 billion will enable...

‘Casuals abound in DSWD’

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development is the bureaucracy’s “contractualization capital” due to its many temporary employees and 25,000 casuals, Senate President Pro...

Rent-to-own makes sense

NOTING that the government has set aside P17.4 billion for property and equipment rental and leases in 2018, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto...

Own, not rent, govt urged

Like a family scouting for its first home, the government should explore “rent-to-own” options for offices it rents to the tune of billions of...

Recto underlines DICT’s role in IT development

Saying that broadband is now the most important utility after power and water, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the resignation of Department...

PNP urged to redirect war chest to gun buy

THE proposed P900-million “tokhang” budget for 2018 of the Philippine National Police should remain with the agency but “rechanneled for the purchase of needed...
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