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Let us not make the already twice-postponed October 2016 barangay elections the most aborted in history. As it stands now, the COMELEC is ready, the communities are ready, the candidates are ready, the country is ready, for the scheduled May 14 elections. Only some congressmen...

There is no debate as to the need to plow back the coco levy collections to the people. The divergence is on how to do it. I want a quicker disbursement schedule, which will disburse bigger amounts in a shorter time. If the industry is in ICU, it should get a massive infusion,...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today backed plans for the Philippines to jointly prospect for oil in the West Philippine Sea with “China and other countries” for as long as it is “between private parties and that we won’t be giving away the deed to the area.” Recto said...

Government should see to it that rice prices will not spike by flooding the market with the fourth quarter bumper palay harvest, because that is the only way to calm the public that TRAIN has not triggered an uptick in the prices of goods, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is backing the Labor department’s recommendation to President Duterte to form an anti-illegal recruitment task force, “if such would improve the conviction rate on illegal recruitment cases, which in 2016 was a dismal 5.3 percent.” Of the...

On JICA report that PHL loses P3.5B daily due to Metro Manila traffic Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto There is no magic bullet that will solve Mega Manila’s Carmageddon. It is a cocktail of solutions: from big government projects to small acts of courtesy...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today hailed the passage by both houses of Congress of a “reinforced” anti-red tape bill designed to spare businesses from spending billions of pesos and millions of man-hours yearly to comply with government licensing procedures. Although...

For a fraction of the P18 billion price tag of two Navy frigates, the country can buy locally-made Pasig River ferry boats, floating hospitals, environmental patrol boats, and other ships needed by a disaster-prone archipelago where half of the towns lie along the coast. The call...