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Press Release 30 April 2023 Chinese acts of aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should be met with indignation at every turn because not to do so would play into Beijing’s game plan that the Philippines would eventually tire out from protesting, House Deputy Speaker Ralph...

Press Release 29 April 2023 The P249 million the Land Transportation Office (LTO) needs for it to buy 5.2 million plastic driver’s license cards is what the agency earns “in a mere three and half days,” House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. “Hindi kakulangan ng pera ang dahilan,...

Press Release 20 April 2023 President Marcos Jr. should certify as urgent the House bill extending the deadline of the estate tax amnesty for another two years, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. Recto said people will “save billions while government will earn billions” by...

Press Release 17 April 2023 It is not yet late for the government to turn the Mindoro oil spill as site of an “environmental Balikatan” where even nations at loggerheads with each other, like the U.S. and China, can “work together in fighting a real ecological disaster instead of...

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝟏𝟔 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 Police officers who participate in drug busts must be made to wear body cameras, so that a video recording of the operation will aid in prosecuting suspects, commend deserving officers, and deter those caught, and their coddlers, from bribing their way...

Press Release 13 April 2023 At least 2,189 new taxpayer-funded free medical education slots will open in the 2023-2024 school year, raising the number of “Doktor Para Sa Bayan” scholars to a “brigade size” 3,600, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. “This is a 150% increase. We...

Magiging batas na ang panukalang nag-aabswelto sa agrarian reform beneficiaries mula sa pagkaka-utang at pagbabayad ng buwis sa lupang iginawad sa kanila sa ilalim ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Ito’y matapos ratipikahan ng Kongreso at Senado ang bicam...

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝟏𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑  As the country braces for the return of El Nino, President Marcos Jr. should lead in the upgrading of the RAIN or “Roadmap to Address the Impact of El Nino” so that the weather phenomenon will not seriously harm the country’s food,...

Mr. Chairman, my dear colleagues: If a rice farmer will plant a hectare by his lonesome, it is said that he has to bend forward 200,000 times to punch palay seedlings into the soil. But first, he must plow the land, slogging 40 kilometers, kasing haba ng marathon, in knee-deep...

Presentation of Senate Minority Leader Ralph G. Recto SMC’s Agenda 2017: Building Better Futures Makati Diamond Residences, 27 January 2017 Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat. It is my honor to be with the people who produce 4 percent of the GDP, and with Ramon who accounts...

Sponsorship Speech Free Higher Education For All Act Senate Minority Leader Ralph G. Recto 24 January 2017   Mr. President, dear colleagues, magandang hapon po. The House had passed the proposed amendments to the New Bangko Sentral Act. Buried in its fine print is the...

When the Senate first convened in a rented house near Malacañang 100 years ago, its 24 members were summoned by telegram or by post which took days to arrive. Communication was so bad that a Navy boat had to be dispatched from Zamboanga to inform and fetch Senator Buto from Jolo....

We are pleased to note that the General Appropriations Bill for 2017, which the Bicameral Conference Committee has approved for ratification by both chambers, carry the amendments initiated by the Senate minority leader. Foremost is the P8 billion Free College Tuition Fund that...

Mr. President, my dear colleagues: The nominee is the perfect specimen which proves how true the saying “the present generation is always better than the previous one” is. He is more handsome than his father, brighter than his mom, and more generous than the two combined. He...

“WHAT USE IS THE BUDGET IF NOT SPENT ON TIME, IN FULL, AND FOR THE RIGHT PROJECTS?” Explanation of Vote on the 2017 National Budget Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto Mr. President, friends, dear colleagues: In the opening remarks of my interpellation of this budget,...

Thank you, Mr. President, thank you, Madame Chairperson. Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat. The Chairperson is a well-known advocate of local weaves and indigenous textiles; and if I may liken this budget to the elegant ethnic dresses she likes to wear, then I can say that,...