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Like every law, BOL has a cost. Scratch the surface of every provision, and a price tag lies underneath. Unfortunately, we still do not know the full cost of this measure. What we have are estimates and approximations. What we were told were the programs and the projects, but not...

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto There’s a sniper on the loose in Batangas. Tony Halili was the latest politician in the province felled by a marksman’s bullet. The province is littered with bodies of victims of political assassinations and unsolved...

The TRAIN Law has a tax-freeze provision which shall kick in when the benchmark price of crude oil reaches USD80 a barrel, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said RA 10963 explicitly provides for this “price triggered collection moratorium” which was...

I have known Secretary Berna and her family for a long time. She has done well in all her government postings. She has a clean record. She has good academic credentials and is very qualified to be the Secretary of Tourism. I look forward to working with her in developing our...

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto The President should leverage his warm personal relationship with Chinese leaders in convincing them to cease-and-desist from militarizing the illegally-reclaimed islands in the West Philippine Sea. He has to encash...

If smuggled goods like luxury cars are being destroyed by the government with much hoopla, then why not do the same to ships that knowingly transport contraband from abroad? Ships that wittingly carry smuggled goods—such as rice—in large quantities should be seized and...

The rehabilitation of Marawi and Boracay can be the two pilot areas of a new government project that will use drones, satellite imaging and other cutting-edge technology that will monitor the progress of big-ticket infrastructure projects, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto...

Boracay’s closure could be the “one step backward, two steps forward” strategy which would make the “world’s best island better” and whose reopening in October the government should “drumbeat as a global event,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “I think...