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FEB
13
2018

SBN-1692: Creating The Baguio City, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba Development Authority (BLISTTDA)

Creating The Baguio City, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba Development Authority (BLISTTDA), Defining Its Powers And Functions, And Providing Funds Therefor Download PDF
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FEB
12
2018

PSR-621: Inquiry on the Proposed Increase in the Contribution Rate of Social Security System (SSS) Members

Resolution Directing The Senate Committee On Government Corporations And Public Enterprises To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation, On The Proposed Increase In The Contribution Rate Of Social Security System (SSS) Members, Recommending That Such Increase Be Held In Abeyance
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FEB
12
2018

2.5 M tons of rice lost to poor postharvest, enough to feed 14 M Pinoys

About 17 percent of palay harvest is lost to absent or poor post-harvest facilities and practices yearly, resulting in a wastage of about two and a half million metric tons of rice—enough to meet the annual rice needs of Metro Manila, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto
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FEB
12
2018

If they were a company, P40 B remittance of Pinoys in Kuwait puts them in Top 40

The quarter of a million Filipinos in Kuwait sent home P40.6 billion last year, an amount which, if they were a company, would have ranked them the Philippines’ 37th biggest in terms of gross revenues, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. If you add up their remittances
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FEB
12
2018

SBN-1686: Expediting The Titling Of Lands Awarded Under The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

Expediting The Titling Of Lands Awarded Under The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, Lifting The Restrictions On The Utilization Of Such Lands As Collateral For Securing Agricultural Loans, And Other Similar Financial Instruments, And For Other Purposes   Download PDF
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FEB
08
2018

Free irrigation now a law, but biggest challenge is to ‘build, build, build’ more irrigation—Recto

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto hailed President Duterte’s signing on Feb. 2 of the Free Irrigation Law, saying it should “open the floodgates of an irrigation building spree, which is needed for us to feed our growing number of people.” Republic Act 10969 grants free
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FEB
08
2018

Recto: Show data to support BBL’s ‘awesome’ fiscal powers

Saying that the “law is in the details,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today pressed the government to submit “the economic fine print” that will underpin the proposed Bangsamoro government’s fiscal autonomy. In a request coursed through Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri, Recto
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FEB
07
2018

Speech On the Confirmation of the Appointment of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III

Mr. President, my dear colleagues: The nominee is my seatmate in the Arroyo Cabinet, which was when I saw how good a doctor he is. When I dug into a bag of chicharon, he never lectured me about cholesterol; when wine was served, he saw to it that my glass was always full; and
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FEB
07
2018

With WPS fenced off, ‘east Phil seas’, Benham can be food, fuel source

Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto I support President Duterte’s pivot in Benham Rise. With the West Philippine Sea effectively fenced off, we have to look to the “east Philippine seas” for our food and fuel. If there’s an impregnable Great Wall of Sand from
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FEB
06
2018

Feeding Bill : A Recipe Vs Rising GNP – Gutom na Pilipino

National Child Feeding Program: One Recipe Against Rising GNP – Gutom na Pilipino Explanation of Vote Speech on Senate Bill 1279: Masustansyang Pagkain Para sa Batang Pilipino by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto* The good news is that our GDP is increasing. The bad
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