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Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today called for “an accelerated program” to equip officers and patrol cars of the PNP with dashboard and body cameras. “If food delivery guys wear them or have them on their bikes, why can’t our police officers and cars have them too?”...

President Duterte should sign the Medical Scholarship Bill into law next month so whatever required funds to implement it can still be included in next year’s national budget, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. Recto is also proposing that the scholarship be named...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has urged Malacañang to appoint a “vaccine czar” who can solve the “importation to injection” challenges of getting the COVID-19 vaccine to 110 million Filipinos in a world where rich countries bankrolling their development will get them...

A theoretical extra day of voting in the May 2022 presidential elections will cost at least P2 billion, twice the Commission on Elections’ initial estimate, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “If the virus will still linger by then, that casting the ballot becomes...

The temporary absence of Red Cross testing distorts the national COVID picture. One in four RT-PCR tests is done by the PNRC. The absence of PNRC deflates the infection rate, making any dip in the reported number of verified cases an artificial decline. If PNRC stops testing...

Solicited Message on Secretary Leonor Briones’ Book Launch and Birthday 16 October 2020 I was engaged to The Star of All Seasons when Ma’am Liling, the Teacher for All Seasons, came into my life. I have since been mentored by these two great ladies in a continuing education...

The Senate-approved bill mandating a gradual tripling to P10,000 of the annual Teaching Supplies Allowance (TSA) is “fiscally-responsible, which makes it veto-proof by the President,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, principal author, said today. “Any contention that...

President Duterte’s promises of new equipment for “his beloved uniformed services” are being betrayed by the Philippine International Trading Corporation’s (PITC) “failure to deliver them on time or deliver them at all.” The intent of another branch of government – Congress –...