• SENATE BILL NO. 1155: FIXING THE VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE LICENSE TO OWN, PERMIT TO CARRY AND REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS (http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=18&q=SBN-1155) • SPONSORSHIP SPEECH: SBN 1155 – AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION

An Act Ordaining A Bill Of Rights For Taxpayers This bill seeks to ordain a bill of rights for the taxpayers which are divided into three main pillars: a) taxpayers’ basic rights, b) taxpayers’ right in civil cases, and c) taxpayers’ rights in criminal cases.  The

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH SBN 1092: Teaching Supplies Allowance Act by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto Mr. President: It has been said that what the teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased. But we, on the other hand, can erase and change the amount of

Since the time we approved this bill on second reading last week, there have been 1786 vehicular accidents – in Metro Manila alone. Of this, 282 were injuries, and about five were fatalities. We extrapolated this from last year’s data. It is safe to assume that the ones for this

Naaprubahan na ang Senate Bill No. 1076 o Malasakit Centers Act, na siyang makapagbibigay ng mas mabilis at maayos na serbisyong medikal para sa mga Pilipino, at lalo na para sa mga mahihirap at indigent. Ito ay sa tulong ni Senator Ralph Recto at ng iba pang mga mga lumagda para

Explanation of Vote: ESTABLISHING MALASAKIT CENTERS IN ALL DOH HOSPITALS Mr. President: For most of our countrymen, hospitalization is a luxury they cannot afford. The body may be willing, but the pocket is not. The result is that six in ten deaths in this country are unattended

Mr. President, my dear colleagues:I would like to begin with a confession: I am a gun owner. This is so because the Rectos are a family of shooting athletes who fought under the flag and brought home medals. My father was many times a Philippine champion and was an Olympian. Two

Mr. John was a national flag carrier who planted Filipino greatness in other lands and in the minds of his people that yes, a poor promdi like him can. We can tally the jobs his business created, the taxes paid, and the earnings it generated, but the inspiration he gave our young

Government should create a “digital map” of government projects and programs that will be implemented next year, to include “livestreaming” of big-ticket public works projects. “Projects should be geo-tagged, and there should be an app in which the status of a project is just a

Government should end the scourge of “artificial spending” by preventing the transfer of allotments from one agency to another in order to cover up the failure to spend.Ang nangyayari kasi ngayon, para lang masabi na “obligated” na ang allotment ay pinapasa ito sa ibang ahensya.