One year and one million cases after the country’s first recorded COVID-19 case, a count on the number of ICU beds, ventilators and critical care equipment in government hospitals is in order, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “In any war, we should always look at

The P16 billion in taxes paid by the people was given to that body so it can run after the Communist Party, not community pantries. So something is terribly wrong when a general berates a millennial because she fed her neighbors. There is no valor in that. It is also unfair to

The only thing red in the community pantries are the ripe tomatoes. Those who see red in these bayanihan projects should have their hearts examined. Community pantries need more food bags, not red tags, nor red tape. Let them bloom wherever they sprout, regardless of who planted

Amid reports of Luzon vegetable farmers dumping their produce, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto challenged the Department of Agriculture “to buy these, truck them to Manila and quietly give them to community pantries.” “May mga pictures na tinatapon na lang ang kamatis

Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaEighteenth CongressSecond Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand twenty. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11534] AN ACT REFORMING THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX AND

The Supreme Court’s statements that it will soon order the mandatory use of body cameras in the serving of warrants should be a signal to the DBM and the DILG to include funds for their purchase in the 2022 national budget. “Sinabi na ng Korte Suprema. Ihanda na ang pondo. Hindi

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto23 March 2021 COVID is fast and furious while the vaccine rollout is slow and sputtering. These are signs of a government’s pandemic machinery in trouble and a nation in danger. Hindi lang change oil ang kailangan,

This is legislation by IRR (Implementing Rules and Regulations), a bad habit by bureaucrats who imagine themselves as the third chamber of Congress. No such provision exists in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 or Republic Act No. 11525. Anyone can read through the

EXPLANATION OF VOTESenate Resolution No. 676Urging the President to Declare a State of National Calamity Due to the Impact of ASFSenate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto15 March 2021 Mr. President, my dear colleagues: Sabi nga po ng isa kong kaibigan, we Filipinos don’t say it

Government should now start releasing daily reports on the number of people who have been vaccinated. This is the national scoreboard that will tell us how far we are into our vaccination goal and how fast we are doing it. This can be incorporated into the daily COVID reports of