The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been urged to look into reported low buying price of palay, with farmers taking to social media to gripe that a newly-harvested kilo is being bought at P12, “which is lower than the price of a face mask,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph

Whether they are peddling fake news, or counterfeit products, or bogus services, and regardless of where they are run, these sites should have no space in social media platforms. Sham treatments harm the body, and scams rob people of money. But the most dangerous swindle are lies

If there’s an Emmy for the UN General Assembly speeches, the one he delivered can win the prize for the best written.  The team who put policies to prose should be congratulated. What they put together is the template for presidential addresses: cohesive, coherent and

Excerpts from the Committee on Public Services hearing Sen. Ralph Recto: Thank you for the recognition, Madam Chair, I’ll be very quick. First I’d like to thank Sen. Dick Gordon for asking those questions with regards to putting up facilities and schools, because we have

Hearing of the Committee on Public Services September 23, 2020 Discussing the franchise applications of the telecoms companies, Senator Ralph Recto asked the representative of Globe Telecoms, Atty. Froilan Castelo, if they have a back-up plan as the trade and technology war

Committee on Finance [Subcommittee ”I”]Agenda: Proposed 2021 Budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and its attached agenciesSeptember 22, 2020 Ralph Recto: You had a presentation earlier on SAP 2 implemented by DSWD. We’ve received reports that not all

Committee on Finance (Subcommittee ”I”)Proposed 2021 Budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and its attached agencies Upon questioning by Senator Ralph Recto, the DSWD clarified that the 18 million family-beneficiaries for the 2nd tranche of social

EXPLANATION OF VOTE Bicameral Conference Committee report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN 1564 and HBN 6953: Bayanihan to Recover As One Act Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 20 August 2020 Mr. President:  How I wish we could report back a pandemic response

Health share of the 2021 P1 trillion infrastructure pie is a measly “1 percent”, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said, “a kind of budget prioritization that turns a blind eye to the health facility shortages the pandemic has laid bare.” “This is pandemic denialism,”

Before they are modernized, allow our classic jeepneys their last patrol. They once helped liberate us from invaders. Today, let us allow them to help us fight this virus which has colonized our daily lives. We do this not for sentimental reasons, but because it is based on