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Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today called for Senate action on his bill condoning all the debts farmers incurred in owning lands under the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). He made the appeal following the approval by the House of...

Hiring contact tracers “is a good way to stop the second wave of the pandemic from coming and to stem the tsunami of joblessness,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said.  Recto said such a “cash-for-work” scheme should be the template in providing emergency...

Community-owned water districts should be included in the economic assistance government is packaging, “because these frontline utilities supply a basic need for which there is no substitute,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said.  “Kung walang tubig, paano...

“Test, track and treat” are not the only concerns of workers. Travel and transport are, too. They can only get back to work if they can go to places of work safely without COVID hitching a ride. But the new normal in the pandemic world calls for public transport with reduced...

Senators who wrote the provision in the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act granting P200 billion in cash aid to the poor said the second installment should still be given to beneficiaries even if their residence has been downgraded to a general quarantine area. “Klaro sa records ng...

Government’s economic stimulus package “should be as big and as bold” as the problem it is addressing, as “any piecemeal approach will just be wasting money without achieving the desired goals,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said.  Recto said he understands...

The last thing we need in this season of death is an issue that rends our people apart when their attention and energy should be focused on fighting our common enemy.  At a time when more than 1.6 million of our countrymen have lost their jobs, we should not be putting an...

Manong Sonny was a colleague in the House of Representatives during the 11th Congress. He crafted policies, defended these on the floor and interpellated in plenary with the skill of a seasoned parliamentarian and the undiminished passion of a patriot. He had the gift of gab and...