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In light of the House proposal for duty-free importation of fish to tame inflation, a resolution has been filed in the Senate for a probe into the state of fisheries so “that permanent solutions, and not just stop gap measures, will guarantee steady supply of a staple of the...

The first test of the administration promise that federalism will funnel more funds to grassroots is for it to immediately comply with the Supreme Court decision raising the share of local governments from national tax collections. “The administration is being presented with the...

With a price tag of P25 billion, the National ID project should be able to solve the problem of 7.5 million Filipinos without birth certificates, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “That should be one of the outcomes of the project,” Recto said. “If there will be a...

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...