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Senator Ralph Recto today prodded the interagency body drafting the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on the new law giving more benefits to Persons with Disabilities (PWD) to rush their work so that beneficiaries can now claim discounts from drug purchases and enjoy other

Presidential candidates should order their army of volunteers and precinct watchers to stay in schools beyond May 9 to join the cleanup that will rid them of posters and campaign materials and spruce them up in time for the school opening in June. Senator Ralph Recto said schools

‘Schools lack WISE – water, internet, sanitation, electricity’  While gains have been made in greatly reducing teacher and classroom lack in public education, focus should now shift in addressing the shortfall of WISE – water, internet, sanitation, electricity –

P200M daily losses loom Government should help fishermen modernize their fleet as well as buy ships for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) so both can freely sail into the West Philippine Sea, a rich fishing ground key to the country’s food security, Sen. Ralph Recto said today.

Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today called on the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to work double time and live up to its commitment to provide free broadband internet access in 12 regions beginning next month. “I expect the DOST to abide by their

The Philippines may be the world’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) superpower but its government has no unified 24-hour call center that will reply to queries on often-transacted documents or often-sought services, said Sen. Ralph Recto in calling for an “improved customer

Next to crime, red tape is another scourge that the succeeding President needs to put on top of government’s “hit-list” to put the country back in order. “If the next President has a hit-list in the anti-crime campaign, he or she must also draw up a hit-list to cut down red tape

Government should direct a major portion of its P833 million intelligence fund allocation this year in finding Abu Sayyaf “leaders and lairs” and in stopping their recruitment efforts and expansion of areas of operation. In addition to this intelligence kitty, there is a P702

Protect local jobs, and let families of overseas workers enjoy the fruits of their loved ones’ labor. This, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, should prompt President Aquino in signing the Congress-approved Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) as part

If the nation will be hiring 18,083 politicos to fill local and national positions in May 9, then why can’t it hire the same number of additional policemen to combat the crime surge and stop terrorists dead on their tracks? This was pointed out by Senate President Pro-Tempore