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 Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 6 February 2023 Congress has “upsized” the budget of two mega child feeding programs of the government, from P7.48 billion last year to P10.89 billion, a 45.5% percent bump, House Deputy Speaker Ralph...

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 5 February 2023 From zero in the proposed 2023 national budget, Congress boosted to P1.56 billion the line-item funding for two cancer funds in this year’s General Appropriations Act (GAA),Deputy Speaker...

Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 3 February 2023 As the number of EDCA bases mutate into 9, the administration should brief Congress and tell the public on where these additional 4 will be. National security is not harmed by that candor. But any...

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 1 February 2023 Gatchalian in DSWD is a Win – Recto Newly appointed DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian comes well prepared for one of the “toughest and thankless” jobs in government, Deputy Speaker Ralph...

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 31 January 2023 No fire sale in asset disposal, proceeds to boost microscopic housing budget Government’s reported plan to sell off its NPAs – non performing assets – should be “curated well” so it would not...

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 11 September 2022 Ranked last in reading, PH should end moratorium in building school libraries Government should resume building school libraries to improve student reading comprehension of which the...

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 10 September 2022 High-yield state visits are critical missions to solve domestic problems President Marcos’ state visits yield investment pledges whose value is “thousands of times” the travel budget of...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 8 September 2022 Per DOH advice: Restore cancer funding as P1 B item in ’23 budget Restoring the cancer fund in the national budget is one doctor’s order we cannot ignore. And if it is the DOH Secretary...

Mr. President: The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund or ACEF traces its genesis to our ascension to the World Trade Organization. When the gospel of globalization made the world flat, and the world started chanting,” I believe in GATT, the treaty almighty, creator of...

Mga kapwa kawani sa gobyerno, mga kapwa ko Batangueño, mga panauhin, mga kaibigan, mga mahal kong kababayan: Alam po natin na madalas tayong dapuan ng kalamidad. At hindi lang ordinaryong mga sakuna, pang-world record pa. Pinakamalakas na bagyo sa kasaysayan, pinakamatinding...

Mr. President: If people will be quizzed on what’s that government building along East Avenue in Quezon City with so much money, those in the know will most probably answer: the Central Bank Mint. But there’s another office across it that is also awash with cash – the Social...

It has been said that a government’s greatness is measured “by how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” The same test...

Centro Congresi Stella Polare Milan, Italy Buongiorno a tutti voi. Sono felice di essere qui oggi. Ma nessuno è più felice di mia moglie. Perché mentre io vedo questo viaggio come ufficialmente puro lavoro, lei la vede come la nostra seconda luna di miele. E questa è la ragione...

Plaza La Independencia, Lipa City Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat. Ang Lipa at ang buong Batangas ay duyan ng magiting. Sino mang may duda ay kailangan lamang titigan ang ating bandila, at tingnan ang kanyang araw, sapagkat ang isa sa walong silahis ay kumakatawan sa isa sa...

Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat. Meron pong kasabihan na kung ano pa ang maganda ay s’yang malayo, at kung ano pa ang kanais-nais ay s’yang mahirap abutin. Ganyan po ang napakagandang bayan ng Infanta. Siguro iniluklok ito dito upang pawiin ang pagod ng sinumang dumayo para...

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH ON THE PAGASA MODERNIZATION ACT by Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto In one sentence, this bill is about giving hope to PAGASA. Whether we live in a place that sizzles in May or is submerged in water in July, we rely on the Philippine Atmospheric,...