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OCT
12
2016

Senator Recto to DOTr: Why do you want emergency powers for the “entire country”?

Excerpt from the Senate hearing last October 12, 2016 on the proposed emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte to address the traffic problem in the Philippines. Senator Ralph Recto questions the Section 3 & 8 of the DOTr’s proposed bill, titled “Traffic and
OCT
12
2016

Senator Recto questions Section 7 of the DOTr bill re emergency powers for President Duterte

Excerpt from the Senate hearing last October 12, 2016 on the proposed emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte to address the traffic problem in the Philippines. Senator Ralph Recto questions the Section 7 of the DOTr’s proposed bill, titled “Traffic and
OCT
12
2016

Senator Recto asks DOTr re Bus Rapid Transit (part of the P39B for EDSA)

Excerpt from the Senate hearing last October 12, 2016 on the proposed emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte to address the traffic problem in the Philippines. Senator Ralph Recto questions some provisions in the DOTr’s proposed bill, titled “Traffic and
OCT
12
2016

Senator Recto questions the funding source of DOTr’s P1.3T projects

Excerpt from the Senate hearing last October 12, 2016 on the proposed emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte to address the traffic problem in the Philippines. Senator Ralph Recto questions the source of funding of the P1.3T DOTr projects: SEN. RECTO: You submitted a
OCT
12
2016

‘The Best Taxman Is the One Who Is Not Intaxicated’

On the confirmation of the Appointment  of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III Mr. President: While the nominee is not the youngest conscript in the Cabinet, he certainly is among the wisest. If the present crew of secretaries has been referred to as the professors who had
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OCT
12
2016

Senate Hearing on Emergency Powers for President Duterte

Senate hearing last October 12, 2016 on the proposed emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte to address the traffic problem in the Philippines. HIGHLIGHTS: 1. Senator Recto questions Section 7 of the DOTr bill re emergency powers for President Duterte 2. Senator Recto to
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OCT
03
2016

Committee on Justice and Human Rights Hearing on Extrajudicial Killings (EJK)

Sen. Recto (RGR): Mr. Chairman, I will focus on the resolution itself. Not so much on the credibility of the two other witnesses but on the extra-judicial killing and the vigilante killing. Let me start by asking this question: SPO3 Arthur Lascanas, kailan ba itinatag yung
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SEP
29
2016

On the passing of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago

To borrow Kennedy, Senator Miriam’s mastery of the Constitution was awesome that when constitutional experts will be summoned to the Senate in the future, it can only be regarded as the greatest gathering of legal minds in one room, second only to the times when Senator
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SEP
28
2016

On the confirmation of DBM Secretary Benjamin Diokno

Mr. President, I am endorsing the nomination of Dr. Ben Diokno as Budget secretary for reasons as thick as the national budget, but not the least of which is that he is a fellow Batangueño. Because history books often mention our forebears in tandem, then it is inconceivable for
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SEP
26
2016

As chronic malnutrition worsens, Recto pushes for national child health program

Alarmed by the worsening malnutrition problem among Filipino children, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto has proposed a comprehensive health and nutrition program that will provide protection and support for mothers and their children from conception to childhood. A lynchpin of
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