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Plans first before powers. Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto said the congressional grant of emergency presidential powers to solve the national transportation problem hinges on the presentation of “clear-cut” plans by Malacañang. Recto said the “dimension of the emergency...

There are 1.3 million drug addicts in the country today, 600,000 have reportedly surrendered to authorities, but the total number of beds in all government and private drug rehabilitation centers in the country is only 3,216. Worse, seven, or almost half, of the country’s regions...

Even without implementing rules Recto: Olympic silver medalist must get tax-free P5 M prize, other perks Aside from the P5 million cash reward, other benefits like free state college education and a generous retirement package await Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz. Diaz’s...

Banking authorities have fined RCBC a billion pesos. But their work is not done yet. They should find the unaccounted billions and return it to Bangladesh. A high-level delegation from that country will arrive next month to press for the return of what is theirs. They should not...

No price increase for passports, driver’s licenses, permits and other government documents in the next six years. Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto today moved to stop the national government and local government units from raising fees and charges on public services within six...

Imagine five prisoners crammed into one square meter of jail space. Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto cited the congestion rate in the four most tightly-packed jails in the country in prodding government to initiate reforms in the country’s penal system which, with 135,000...

As government brings the hammer down on illegal contractualization practices of private companies, it should also “practice what it preaches” by regularizing the employment of its thousands of casual workers, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto said. Recto said government shou...

The rolling out of more 911 lines should go hand in hand with the hiring of more policemen and the purchase of more patrol cars so that the police can effectively respond to distress calls. This was pointed out by Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto who said that the advantages of...