“Widows, mothers and relatives” of the fallen police commandos should be the invited to the Senate probe on the Mamapasano incident so they can shed light on “the brave last moments” of their loved ones who were phoning them till the end, a senator suggested today. “The

Postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will free up almost P7.7 billion in SK share from the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of barangays this year, Sen. Ralph Recto said today. Under the law, the SKs get 10 percent of the barangays’ IRA, which is P76.7 billion for

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) should turn over to government authorities all its personnel involved in the killing of 44 police commandos who were serving an arrest warrant on a Malaysian bomb-maker and his Filipino cohort in Maguindanao last Sunday. Sen. Ralph Recto

Co-Sponsorship Speech on SB No. 2518, CR No. 94 On the Condonation of Tax Liabilities of Water Districts Local Water Districts A typical Pinoy uses 180 liters of water daily – largely because he bathes twice, and she thrice a day. This comes up to a per capita water consumption

If it is true that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is harboring them, they should surrender a Malaysian bomb maker and his Filipino sidekick, the hunt for whom led to the massacre of 44 police commandoes in an MILF-influenced area in Maguindanao Sunday, Senate President

Due to conflicting estimates on the value of the “coco levy fund”, Sen. Ralph Recto has called for an audit to determine the present worth of the multibillion-peso fund which grew out of the levy on copra sales during the Marcos period. “There are lots of numbers being bandied

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Sixteenth Congress Second Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand fourteen. [ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10650 ] AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL

Discussion on the disagreeing provisions of the 2015 General Appropriations Bill at the House of Representatives.

An Act Exempting Persons With Disability from the Value-Added Tax on Certain Goods and Services, Amending for This Purpose Republic Act No. 7277, As Amended, otherwise known as the “Magna Carta For Persons With Disability” This bill seeks to amend Section 32 of RA