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Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today called on the executive department to expedite the formulation of the country’s National Cybersecurity Plan and hire, the soonest time possible, “bored” Filipino experts on information technology as “cyber-commandos.” Recto issued...

The hacking of the country’s voters database, which triggered a Central Bank warning to banks to protect their customers from identity theft, is “the wake-up call” which should scramble the government to create the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)....

If there is midnight appointment, why not “good” midnight legislation? According to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, Congress may still enact the 4Ps Institutionalization Bill and the Coco Levy Bill into law since it has three more weeks of session days before a new...

Hindi matitigil ang mga insidente ng tanim-bala sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) hangga’t walang naipapapakulong sa mga taong responsable sa pambibiktima ng mga biyahero. Ito ang idiniin ngayon ni Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto matapos makatanggap ng ulat na...

Dahil isang bata o babae ang nagagahasa ngayon bawat 50 minuto, dapat nang itaas sa pambansang prayoridad ang laban kontra karahasan sa kababaihan sinuman ang manalong Pangulo sa eleksyon ngayong Mayo. Para manalo sa labang ito, sinabi ni Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto...

352 robbery, 28 rape, 34 killing cases a day With one woman or child raped every 50 minutes, whoever is sworn in as president in June 30 should declare as national priority combatting violence against women, Sen. Ralph Recto said today. To fight rape and other crimes, the next...

Before PNoy steps down  All the loot recovered in the Philippines from money hacked from a Bangladesh bank should be returned to that country before President Aquino steps down from office on June 30, a senator said today. “That should be our national deadline. Before President...

In as much as they all support the Coco Levy Bill and the 4Ps Institutionalization Bill, presidential and vice presidential candidates should sign a covenant pledging they would work for the passage of the measures before Congress ends its session in June. This was proposed today...