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AUG
11
2016

To erase backlog, Recto backs gov’t plan to make car plates locally

Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto is backing the plan of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to manufacture car plates locally – a move, he said, “which would prevent a repeat of imported plates being seized at ports over a dispute in Customs duties.” Recto also
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AUG
11
2016

Nation must learn to auto-delete the colorful parts of Digong’s statements

The nation should learn by now to “auto-delete” the “colorful parts” of President Duterte’s pronouncements and must not always take “his antics as policies.” This was Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto’s view on how to read the chief executive’s statements which may be “shocking”
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AUG
10
2016

Tugade assures Senate of nationwide rollout of the 5-yr driver’s license by December

After its launch in Metro Manila next month, the five-year driver’s license will be rolled out nationwide before the end of the year, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arturo Tugade today assured senators hearing a bill which seeks the grant of presidential emergency
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AUG
10
2016

Recto: LRT fare, road toll freeze until service improves

Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto today welcomed government’s assurance that any hike in LRT 1 or MRT fares will only come after improvements in service that will be felt by train riders. The pledge was made by Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arturo Tugade
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AUG
09
2016

Plans first before powers, Recto tells Palace boys to appear with project specifics

Plans first before powers. Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto said the congressional grant of emergency presidential powers to solve the national transportation problem hinges on the presentation of “clear-cut” plans by Malacañang. Recto said the “dimension of the emergency
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AUG
09
2016

For lack of rehab centers, it will take 200 years to treat all addicts – Recto

There are 1.3 million drug addicts in the country today, 600,000 have reportedly surrendered to authorities, but the total number of beds in all government and private drug rehabilitation centers in the country is only 3,216. Worse, seven, or almost half, of the country’s regions
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AUG
09
2016

Recto: Olympic silver medalist must get tax-free P5 M prize, other perks

Even without implementing rules Recto: Olympic silver medalist must get tax-free P5 M prize, other perks Aside from the P5 million cash reward, other benefits like free state college education and a generous retirement package await Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz. Diaz’s
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AUG
06
2016

“You have fined a bank, now find the rest of the money”

Banking authorities have fined RCBC a billion pesos. But their work is not done yet. They should find the unaccounted billions and return it to Bangladesh. A high-level delegation from that country will arrive next month to press for the return of what is theirs. They should not
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AUG
05
2016

Recto seeks 6-year ban on gov’t fees hike

No price increase for passports, driver’s licenses, permits and other government documents in the next six years. Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto today moved to stop the national government and local government units from raising fees and charges on public services within six
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AUG
04
2016

PSR-081: Urging the President to Exercise Plenary Power to Grant Clemency to Qualified Inmates

A Resolution Urging The President Of The Philippines To Actively Exercise His Plenary Power To Grant Executive Clemency To Qualified And Deserving Inmates Download PDF
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