Mr. President: The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund or ACEF traces its genesis to our ascension to the World Trade Organization. When the gospel of globalization made the world flat, and the world started chanting,” I believe in GATT, the treaty almighty, creator of

When Pope Francis flew into town, we closed the airport for hours. When His Holiness left, we shut down the airspace above NAIA for almost half a day. And that was for one head of state only. How much more if 21 heads of state would descend on our congested, single-runway airport

Mga kapwa kawani sa gobyerno, mga kapwa ko Batangueño, mga panauhin, mga kaibigan, mga mahal kong kababayan: Alam po natin na madalas tayong dapuan ng kalamidad. At hindi lang ordinaryong mga sakuna, pang-world record pa. Pinakamalakas na bagyo sa kasaysayan, pinakamatinding

What’s the best prologue to President Aquino’s unequivocal declaration that it was the SAF group that killed Marwan? First, for the government to expedite the evaluation of the recommendation that some, if not all, of the Fallen 44, plus some of their surviving comrades be

An Act Institutionalizing a Conditional Cash Transfer Program, Providing for the Automatic Indexation of Cash Grants and For Other Purposes.  Explanatory Note The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), a form of conditional cash transfer (CCT), is now on its 7th year of

An Act Increasing the Allowable Personal Exemption of Individual Taxpayers, Amending for the Purpose Section 35 (A) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, As Amended, And for Other Purposes

One way to solve the “EDSA-like” pace in building classrooms is to list down in the national budget the names of the schools where they will be built, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto proposed today. Recto made the proposal after the Department of Education (DepEd)

The more aspirants for the presidency, the better for our country. The bigger the field, the more choices for us. Better to have a surplus of aspirants than a shortage. It is within this context – of how pluralism in politics will do us good – that I welcome Sen. Grace’s

Transcript of interview with Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto after the DOF budget hearing (Recto is the chairman of the Senate Finance Sub-Committee C) (Re: DBP/Landbank budget) RGR: Ang ipinaliwanag lang natin dito, napakadali para sa gobyerno na gastusin ang pera ng

If unsupported by facts, the claim is slanderous. It has the effect of devaluing the heroism of the SAF 44. Those who are peddling a revisionist take on what happened in Mamasapano should come up with solid proof. Because if what they are alleging will be later proven false, the