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AUG
08
2018

PSR-827: Inquiry on the Decreasing Fisheries Output and Rising Gas Prices and Their Effects on Fish Prices

Resolution Directing The Senate Committee On Agriculture And Food To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation, On The Decreasing Fisheries Output And Rising Gas Prices And Their Effects On Fish Prices, Evaluating The Potential Provision Of Gas Subsidy To Subsistence Filipino
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AUG
07
2018

Recto: P25 B Nat’l ID must end woes of 7 M Pinoys without birth certificate

With a price tag of P25 billion, the National ID project should be able to solve the problem of 7.5 million Filipinos without birth certificates, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “That should be one of the outcomes of the project,” Recto said. “If there will be a
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AUG
07
2018

First downpayment of P2 T BOL cost must be made in 2019 budget

Like every law, BOL has a cost. Scratch the surface of every provision, and a price tag lies underneath. Unfortunately, we still do not know the full cost of this measure. What we have are estimates and approximations. What we were told were the programs and the projects, but not
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AUG
06
2018

RA 11055: Philippine Identification System Act

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Seventeenth Congress Second Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand seventeen. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11055] AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE
JUL
02
2018

On the killing of Tanauan Mayor Halili

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto There’s a sniper on the loose in Batangas. Tony Halili was the latest politician in the province felled by a marksman’s bullet. The province is littered with bodies of victims of political assassinations and unsolved
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JUL
02
2018

Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of U.S. – Philippine Exchanges

Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of U.S. – Philippine Exchanges SMX Mall of Asia, 30 June 2018 with Michael Klecheski (Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy Manila), Amy Hart Vrampas (Management Counselor, US Embassy Manila), Ryan Bradeen (Acting Public Affairs Officer, US
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JUN
30
2018

Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of U.S. – Philippine Exchanges

Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto SMX Mall of Asia, 30 June 2018 Good evening to all of you. I am honored and happy to be with the people who account for about half of the country’s GNI – or Gross National Intelligence. Let me assure you that I will not be a
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JUN
20
2018

RA 11037: Comprehensive National Feeding Program

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Seventeenth Congress Second Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand seventeen. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11037] AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A NATIONAL FEEDING
MAY
31
2018

Discussion on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) May 30-31

Session ended at 2:07 AM earlier today. Thanks to Senator Migz Zubiri for keeping an open mind in accepting amendments that have improved the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). BBL now is more constitutionally compliant, more fiscally responsible. The Bangsamoro government will be
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MAY
30
2018

Speech Endorsing the Confirmation of Berna Romulo-Puyat as Secretary of Tourism

Speech Endorsing the Confirmation of Berna Romulo-Puyat as Secretary of Tourism Delivered by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 30 May 2018 Mr. President, my esteemed colleagues, ladies and gentlemen : The nominee might probably break the Commission record as to the
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