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

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

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

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

Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaSeventeenth CongressSecond Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand seventeen. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11032] AN ACT PROMOTING EASE OF DOING BUSINESS AND

The TRAIN Law has a tax-freeze provision which shall kick in when the benchmark price of crude oil reaches USD80 a barrel, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said RA 10963 explicitly provides for this “price triggered collection moratorium” which was

Delivered by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 16 May 2018 Call a politician productive and it would be dismissed as a hyperbole. But use it to describe Ed Angara and it comes off as an understatement. Ed’s output of laws is encyclopedic. And the records of this

I have known Secretary Berna and her family for a long time. She has done well in all her government postings. She has a clean record. She has good academic credentials and is very qualified to be the Secretary of Tourism. I look forward to working with her in developing our

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto The President should leverage his warm personal relationship with Chinese leaders in convincing them to cease-and-desist from militarizing the illegally-reclaimed islands in the West Philippine Sea. He has to encash

If smuggled goods like luxury cars are being destroyed by the government with much hoopla, then why not do the same to ships that knowingly transport contraband from abroad? Ships that wittingly carry smuggled goods—such as rice—in large quantities should be seized and