The Senate now anticipates the naming of their counterparts from the House of Representatives to the bicameral conference committee that would reconcile conflicting provisions of the “Family Care Act” and the Alternative Fuel Vehicles Incentives Act (AFVI). The twin measures have

Sen. Ralph G. Recto, chair of the Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises, conducts hearing on two proposed measures increasing the pension of Social Security System (SSS) members and creating the Philippine Horseracing Authority. (Photos by Alex

Relief for taxpayers and relief from dirty air. This was the gist of the twin legislative initiatives launched this week by Sen. Ralph G. Recto, hoping that the two proposed measures would get enough numbers to pass before election break sets in. Recto’s Senate Bill (SB) 2856 or

No bill is chiseled in stone. Hindi ito lapida na nakaukit sa bato. Because no bill is perfect, it is polished through debate and discourse, without which the faults and the flaws will never be straightened out. So it was in this spirit that I engaged the sponsor in an exchange

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Fifteenth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand twelve. [ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10349 ] AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7898,

Support of Regional Dev’t Councils snowballs Sen. Ralph G. Recto today reiterated his proposal to raise the tax exemption ceiling on Christmas bonuses and 13th month pay to P60,000 from the current threshold of P30,000 to give more spending power to employees celebrating the

Specific allocations from sin tax revenues pressed Sen. Ralph. G. Recto today said a part of the total revenues and not mere “increments” from the sin tax reform package should go directly to intended beneficiaries and programs and should not be a “blank check” for disposal of