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Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto on the Philippine Economic Report Card The Philippine economic report card for 2017 deserves a grade of “A.” The impressive performance validates the prudence of sustaining the game-changing reforms initiated in the past....

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today said the manpower lack in the Department of Social Welfare and Development must be fixed first before the agency can take in 5.5 million new families who shall be enrolled in the TRAIN rebate scheme. The 5.5 million households, who...

But half-a-century to end irrigation backlog at current building pace Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the signing of the free irrigation bill – which has been on President Duterte’s desk since January 4 – would sustain the farm sector’s turnaround, which posted a...

More public funds can be sent to the grassroots without tinkering with the Constitution, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today, demolishing an argument that only through a Charter revision can local governments have a bigger share of tax collections. Recto said if...

Bring out your calculators and count the cost. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today pressed Finance and Budget officials to compute the “price tag” of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, saying that a “clear fiscal picture” will pave the way for BBL’s passage. “We are all for...

For democracy to thrive, a free and untrammelled press is essential. To put a muzzle on independent reporting is to limit the exchange of ideas essential to good governance. Citizens, whether they blog to their community or broadcast to the country, should not be deprived of this...

The Senate and House conferees to the panel finalizing President Duterte’s proposed new taxes have agreed “to cut the rates and the requirements” on the estate tax, which is levied on a deceased person’s assets. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said “billions in...

Government has no choice but to follow the Procurement Law, which compels it to demand refund for the P3.5 billion in taxpayer’s money paid to the French manufacturer of ineffective dengue vaccines. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said that under Republic Act 9184,...