The country’s economic managers are “integral and indispensable to the national conversation” on federalism, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “You don’t shut them out of the discussions; you bring them in–because the cost of federalism is front and center of

In light of the House proposal for duty-free importation of fish to tame inflation, a resolution has been filed in the Senate for a probe into the state of fisheries so “that permanent solutions, and not just stop gap measures, will guarantee steady supply of a staple of the

The first test of the administration promise that federalism will funnel more funds to grassroots is for it to immediately comply with the Supreme Court decision raising the share of local governments from national tax collections. “The administration is being presented with the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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