Government should rush the establishment of “its own Google search-like app for arrest warrants” to spare namesakes of fugitives from being denied security clearances, held at ports or harassed by unscrupulous public officers. This was the call of Senate President Pro Tempore

You want to restart the economy? Then let PUVs restart their engines. There are three important T’s today: tests, trabaho, transportasyon. Screening for coronavirus is no longer a requisite for returning to work. But without a ride, there is no work. And no work, no pay. Allowing

Policemen, in general, have acted as officers and gentlemen who serve and protect the people during this pandemic. These frontliners deserve the nation’s thanks. It is, however, hard to find gallantry or valor in the acts of the few who arrested hungry drivers demanding work,

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today welcomed the government’s “gone in five days” policy for returning OFWs transiting through Manila on their way home “as one that is painfully overdue.” But as more airports reopen to receive flights from abroad, Recto said th

After it was revealed that not one of the hundreds of health workers who had fallen ill or died from COVID-19 had received a centavo of the compensation mandated by the Bayanihan Act, senators have amended the law to expedite the release of the cash aid and make it tax-exempt.

Senator Ralph Recto interpellates Senator Sonny Angara, sponsor of Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, on budget details needed by the government to respond to crisis brought about by Covid-19. 1 June 2020 – PART 1 2 June 2020 – PART 2

Senators amend the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act/Bayanihan II After finding out that health workers who got infected by COVID-19 have not yet received the promised compensation from the government (P1 million to families of those who died, and P100,000 to those who got infected

Sponsorship Speech on Senate Bill No. 1561 “Bayanihan to Recover As One Act” Delivered by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 1 June 2020

We have just emerged from the world’s longest lockdown—75 days—when 109 million of us in the 13th most populous country in the planet hunkered down to stop the virus. Although it spared us from digging mass graves, it, however, buried businesses in unpaid bills, our people in

As society shifts to electronic transactions, government should adequately fund projects that will close the huge “digital deficit”, make broadband “affordable and accessible”, and use “connectivity to promote inclusivity.”  This was the call of Senate President Pro Tempore