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// February 18, 2020
FEB
18
2020

Recto confident that biker-in-chief will back motorcycle taxi bill

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is confident that the nation’s “biker-in-chief” will sign into law the Motorcycle Taxi Bill, which lifts the 56-year ban on two-wheelers as a PUV. “The motorbike is the ride of choice of the President,” Recto said in his speech sponsoring
FEB
18
2020

Lifting of travel ban for HK, Macau OFWs ‘right thing to do’—Recto

The decision of the government to allow Filipinos to return to their work in Hong Kong and Macau is a step in the right direction.  This will save the jobs of thousands of Filipinos who were vacationing in their home country when their government imposed a travel ban to those two
FEB
18
2020

Sponsorship Speech on SB 1341: Motorcycles as Public Utility Vehicles

Mr. President: Throughout history, legislation has always marched behind technology. It has always been innovation first, regulation later. And most often, government’s intervention follows this Reagan doctrine: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it