SPONSORSHIP SPEECHSB 1365: Alternative Learning SystemSenate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto26 February 2020 The sheer number of people—nearly 7 million—who stands to benefit from this bill makes it a policy necessity. And the massive good it will bring to individuals and to

Tama ang desisyon ng pamahalaan na i-repatriate ang mga kababayan nating nagtratrabaho sa barkong na-quarantine sa Japan.  If we have to charter a plane, then let us do it, if only to send a powerful signal to Filipino seafarers that when in distress, the

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is confident that the nation’s “biker-in-chief” will sign into law the Motorcycle Taxi Bill, which lifts the 56-year ban on two-wheelers as a PUV. “The motorbike is the ride of choice of the President,” Recto said in his speech sponsoring

The decision of the government to allow Filipinos to return to their work in Hong Kong and Macau is a step in the right direction.  This will save the jobs of thousands of Filipinos who were vacationing in their home country when their government imposed a travel ban to those two

Mr. President: Throughout history, legislation has always marched behind technology. It has always been innovation first, regulation later. And most often, government’s intervention follows this Reagan doctrine: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it

Pinangunahan ni Senator Ralph Recto ang pangangasiwa sa gagawing rehabilitasyon sa mga lugar na naapektuhan ng pagsabog ng bulkang Taal. Kabilang dito ang pangangasiwa sa kakailanganing pondo para sa rehabilitasyon at ang pagsisiguro na may nakukuhang tulong ang mga apektadong

We are grappling with the three Vs—virus, volcano and the VFA—and each will cost us money. Hopefully, the virus will not spread, Taal will not erupt, and the VFA will not be scrapped for now.  Taal‘s behavior is up to the God above, or whatever geological factors there are

This is not the time to do a Pelosi and rip up the VFA. A VFA-exit could come later, in a manner that is not rushed, but planned and programmed, and not out of pique.  Certainly not this time when an intruder has built and continues to build what have become the bases of our

An Act Establishing The Special Economic Defense Economic Zone (SpeDEZ) Inside The Government Arsenal Defense Industrial Estate Located In Camp Gen. Antonio Luna, Lamao, Municipality Of Limay, Province Of Bataan, Creating For This Purpose The Special Defense Economic Zone

Inulit ni Recto na kailangan maging maingat tayo sa pagbabantay ng mga pumapasok na dayuhan sa bansa lalo ngayon na kalat na ang coronavirus sa malaking parte ng mundo.  “When China sneezes, we get pneumonia. If that is the case, then an ounce of border control is worth a