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

Face mask manufacturing is not “rocket science,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said, in batting for a “Buy Filipino” policy in providing protective apparel to the general population and the frontliners.  “Not all of the things we need today should be sourced from

Producing doctors will cost a fraction of the government’s “intelligence and confidential” fund, but will yield a “high ROI or return of investment” in a country that lacks public health physicians and faces an ageing population. This was pointed out by Senate President Pro

Senator Ralph Recto discusses the liability of PhilHealth board, blacklisting of Chinese companies involved in constructions in the West Philippine Sea, debt trap with China and the danger of putting up China telecom cell towers inside our military camps and bases. While he

SB 1520: Medical Scholarship Act Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 14 September 2020 Mr. President: Against diseases, we have to find a vaccine. But when it comes to our collective health, there is a thing called institutional inoculation. This bill inoculates us

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. 11494] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

The Philippines has a land area of 30 million hectares, with military installations occupying a fraction of it, maybe not even 1/10th of 1 percent of the total. Dito can build their sites anywhere in this wide expanse of land — and government should help them — except

Senate Committee on Finance hearing: DBCC briefing on the 2021 National Budget 09 September 2020 Build, Build, Build din sa local hospitals, hindi lang sa kalsada at tulay Noting how the pandemic has highlighted the poor healthcare situation in the provinces, Senator Ralph Recto