2016 TVC HIGHLIGHTS:
1. R.A. 10653 – Increasing the Tax-Exemption Cap for the 13th Month Pay, Christmas Bonus and Other Benefits from P30,000 to P82,000 – February 12, 2015
2. R.A. 10157 – Free Kindergarten Act – January 20, 2012
3. R.A. 10692 – PAGASA Modernization Law – November 6, 2015
4. R.A. 10645 – P6,000/yr. DSWD Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens
6. SBN-2483 – 12% VAT Exemption on PWDs
7. SBN-2890 – P25,000 Annual Tax Deduction for a Parent, Child or Legal Guardian of a PWD
8. SBN-2951 – Sponsorship Speech: Extending the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) – Senate OK’d Voting 20-0 January 19, 2016
9. SBN 1152 & SBN 2954 – DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) or the Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCT)
10. SBN-448 – Allocating DBP’s 80% of its Total Loan Portfolio for Micro and Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
11. SBN-253 – Jobs Act of 2013, Providing Additional Incentives for MSMEs to promote job generation

ON LTO, DRIVER’S LICENSE, CAR PLATES AND STICKERS:
12. DOTC Suspends NBI & Police Clearance requirement for Driver’s License – November 24, 2015
13. Clearances to cost drivers P3B a year – November 25, 2015
14. VIDEO: Recto Vs. Legarda

ON OFW/BALIKBAYAN BOX:
15. SBN-2913 – Balikbayan Box Law – Filed August 15, 2015
16. No CCTV, No Balikbayan Box Inspection – August 21, 2015
17. Hike Balikbayan Box Tax-Exempt Value, Use BoC Intel Fund, X-Rays to Catch Bigtime Smugglers – August 23, 2015
18. P250 Additional Duty per Balikbayan Box Looms – September 3, 2015
19. As Customs Sets 2016 Seizure Targets, Recto Wants Clear Rules on OFW Boxes – September 8, 2015
20. Balikbayan Box Law (SBN 2913) now incorporated as Section 800 in Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) – January 19, 2016
21. Recto: Higher Penalties for Gov’t Men Who Extort Money, Delay, Pilfer Balikbayan Boxes – January 31, 2016

ON TANIM-BALA:
23. Planting Ammo Carries Life in Jail Penalty, Time for Senate to Probe Many Airport Scams – September 26, 2015
24. Focus on 1.9M Loose Guns, Not on ‘Bullets’ in OFW Luggage – Recto – October 28, 2015
25. No Penalty in Carrying Amulets Made from Ammo Shell – Recto – November 4, 2015

ON FREE-WIFI:
26. Senate OKs Funding for 51,000 Free WiFi Hotspots – November 21, 2014
27. SBN-2686 – Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) – Sponsorship Speech, March 16, 2015
28. Prioritize Free Wi-Fi in Public Hospitals, Airports, MRT – July 26, 2015

ON INFRASTRUCTURE:
29. SBN-3035: Public Private Partnership Act (PPP) – December 14, 2015
30. Sponsorship Speech on SBN-3035: Public Private Partnership Act (PPP) – December 15, 2015