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Press Release 19 July 2023 Now that their pet Maharlika Investment Fund is a law, economic managers should prove their critics wrong, and deliver the earnings they confidently promised during the congressional debates on the measure, Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said today. “The...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto June 29, 2023 For tourists, the Philippines’ major draw are sun, sights, sea and shopping.  A slogan by itself is not a powerful lure that will prompt a traveler to pack up and go, unless it fully captures our...

Press Release 26 May 2023 The House-approved bill allowing persons with disabilities (PWDs) to vote early during elections is “the assistive device” that removes an “institutional barrier” that prevents PWDs from exercising their right to vote, Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said....

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto May 22, 2023 Government should rebuild the National Post Office Building. Fast, and not in slow mail fashion. So when they come knocking on the doors of Malacanang for help, the postmen must not ring twice. Pwede...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto May 15, 2023 Malampaya gas is a bulwark of our energy security. It fuels  base-load power plants in my home province of Batangas. At one point, it provided 40% of the energy needs of the almost 57 million people...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto May 13, 2023 The President has the power to hire and fire. A Cabinet member is just the highest paid casual employee in his department. As such, pwede ma-endo anytime. Walang forever. In this country, a Cabinet...

Press Release 12 May 2023 The recently passed House bill effectively regionalizing heart, lung, kidney and 13 other specialty centers will help “medical evacuees” who flee to big cities for treatment and medical scholars whose studies are funded by the government in order to plug...

Just the second day of the week and the People’s House has already passed on Final Reading nine (9) bills, including the National Network of Specialty Centers in Government Hospitals; Early Voting for PWDs, Seniors and Health Workers; Ban on No Permit, No Exam in Elementary...

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,...

On the Confirmation of the Appointment of Executive Secretary Salvador “Bingbong” Medialdea Senate Minority Leader Ralph G. Recto Mr. President, fellow members of the Commission. I have always maintained the view that the President’s choice of Executive Secretary is a “privilege...

Mr. President: Like anything written on the blackboard, we can erase and change the amount of “chalk allowance” our public schools teachers get. Which is what this bill precisely sets out to do – erasing “P1,500” and replacing it with “P3,500.” “Chalk allowance” is the popular...

The burden of being a senator is that we are not only answerable to the present and to the future, but also to the past. And we are reminded of our being trustees of a proud heritage when we walk past the names of our predecessors etched on the plaques that hang on the corridor...

On the confirmation of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III   Mr. President:   The nominee is our real peace czar. He is waging peace in two fronts: labor and rural insurgency. This has forced him to be our first Labor secretary in history to moonlight in another job, or work two...

On the confirmation of the Appointment  of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III Mr. President: While the nominee is not the youngest conscript in the Cabinet, he certainly is among the wisest. If the present crew of secretaries has been referred to as the professors who had...

Mr. President, I am endorsing the nomination of Dr. Ben Diokno as Budget secretary for reasons as thick as the national budget, but not the least of which is that he is a fellow Batangueño. Because history books often mention our forebears in tandem, then it is inconceivable for...

Speech of Senate Minority Leader Ralph G. Recto 6th Philippine International Motorshow 14 September 2016 World Trade Center, Pasay City Magandang umaga po. Thank you very much for that kind introduction. For a moment there, I felt like a car whose specs were being read out loud....