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

We remember the dead and recognize the heroes, but the best way to honor them is for government to arm for a final push against the virus that will end the stalemate and turn the tide in our favor. Like any war, the people can only be assured of victory not with words but with a

The dirty war should end and the death squads stopped if we want to spare our democracy from lasting damage that would take generations to fix. A weakened belief in the rule of law is not a legacy we would like to leave our children. This epidemic of unsolved killings has rocked

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto on the PNP spokesman’s warning against PDA10 March 2021 The PNP leadership should clarify the announcement of their spokesman on public displays of affection (PDA). On its face, his statement seems to be a

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto The latest jobs report states the obvious: Joblessness is a result of jablessness.  The contagion of unemployment is a brutal side effect of this virus. Mass inoculation is the cure to mass unemployment. Any

TOYM’s Pandemic Class of 2020: The Magnificent 7 SPONSORSHIP SPEECH Senate Resolution Nos. 621, 624, and 670 Honoring and Commending  The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) 2020 Awardees  Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 09 March 2021 Mr. President, my dear

COVID’s greatest damage may have been in incarcerating millions of children and sending the educational system to the ICU, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has warned. These kids may end up as the “lost generation,” Recto said, if the return to normalcy will be “slowed

SPONSORSHIP SPEECHSenate Resolution No. 668: Pilot Testing of Localized Limited Face-to-Face ClassesSenate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto01 March 2021 Mr. President, my dear colleagues: This resolution is in effect an assignment that we’re giving to DepEd, a science