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Rep. Ralph Recto (PNA file photo) MANILA - The line-item insertion of PHP1.56 billion for two cancer funds under this year's General Appropriations Act (GAA) will aid millions of Filipinos who suffer from various kinds of cancer. Deputy Speaker and Batangas (6th District) Rep. Ralph Recto said in a statement Sunday that it was "the result of multi-partisan, bicameral push." Of the PHP 1.56 billion insertions, PHP1.054 billion will be for cancer prevention, detection, treatment and ...

House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has a lot of questions about the apparent expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States (US). Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook

The US is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over US airspace for a couple of days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down over concerns of hurting people on the ground, officials said Thursday.

Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire is the kind of person the government needs to head its health agency. DOH UNDERSECRETARY and Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire. (MB photo) (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) Thus, said Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th

House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto listed down on Wednesday, Feb. 1, the reasons why he believed installing Rex Gatchalian as Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was a good move for the administration. Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook)

The experience of incoming Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian as a local chief executive will be an asset for the agency, lawmakers on Wednesday said. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., Northern Samar Rep. Paul R. Daza, Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda, Deputy Speaker Rep. Ralph Recto…

A senator-turned-deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives has advised the government on how to go about its reported plan to sell off its NPAs, or non-performing assets. Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) According to Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto, the privatization proce

The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading the bill seeking to lower the optional retirement age for government personnel from the current 60 years old to 56 years old. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Approved during the plenary se

The proposed “Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) Governance Act”, which provides guidelines on the establishment of local colleges and the conversion of local colleges into universities, has been passed on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BUL

The proposal to create mental health offices in school divisions as a way to address the emotional, psychological, and mental health needs of pupils and teachers has moved one step closer to enactment. (Anthony Tran/ Unsplash) This, after the House of Representatives unanimously passed o