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PRESS RELEASE Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto has underscored the critical role of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in funding President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s socioeconomic agenda and driving the overall progress of the country. “The BOC is more than the landing point of trade...

PRESS RELEASE Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto has urged Filipinos to invest in the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr)’s 30th tranche of Retail Treasury Bonds (RTB 30), which promotes cheap investment opportunities for small savers to secure their future.  “The RTB 30 is more than just...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto September 25, 2023 If harassing fishermen were a water sports in the Asian Games, China will sweep all the medals. It treats the entire WPS as its exclusive practice area.  And it has fenced off Bajo de...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto September 4, 2023 Dahil sa EO 39, agad bumulusok ang farmgate prices ng palay mula P23 to P19 per kilo.  Kung apektado ang kalahati ng forecast palay harvest sa taong ito – mga 10 million metric tons – lugi...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto September 2, 2023 For all the loud noises government makes in defending what is ours in the West Philippine Sea, it seems that the funds it is proposing in the 2024 national budget for improving military...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto August 30, 2023 Pirmado na ng Pangulo ang batas na magtatayo ng mga Specialty Centers sa mga piling DOH hospitals. Kung hindi ‘yan mapopondohan sa 2024 budget, ibig sabihin sa 2025 pa ang implementasyon n’yan. If...

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto August 30, 2023 Mike Enriquez did not only chronicle historic events, but also annotated our daily lives. While we steamed inside our cars in unmoving traffic, he railed against a failed transportation system...

Press Release  27 August 2023 For an additional P2.63 billion – one of the biggest budget increases among agencies for next year – the Bureau of Immigration (B.I.) said it would process incoming and outgoing travelers “within 45 seconds.”  The B.I.’s pledge is part of...

I am pleased to join Senator Win in sponsoring this bill, which provides a “win-win” solution to a looming power rate increase that will further burden consumers who are already reeling from inflationary shocks. One good thing about the hardworking gentleman that I’ve noticed is...

Speech of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto SMX Mall of Asia, 30 June 2018 Good evening to all of you. I am honored and happy to be with the people who account for about half of the country’s GNI – or Gross National Intelligence. Let me assure you that I will not be a...

Speech Endorsing the Confirmation of Berna Romulo-Puyat as Secretary of Tourism Delivered by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 30 May 2018 Mr. President, my esteemed colleagues, ladies and gentlemen : The nominee might probably break the Commission record as to the...

Delivered by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 16 May 2018 Call a politician productive and it would be dismissed as a hyperbole. But use it to describe Ed Angara and it comes off as an understatement. Ed’s output of laws is encyclopedic. And the records of this...

Speech Endorsing the Confirmation of Atty. Manuel Antonio Javier Teehankee as Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto If diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for...

Mr. President: The intention of this bill is to make undernourished children healthy, without further burdening our overworked teachers. The idea is to serve our children healthy meals, without turning their underpaid teachers into an army of unpaid cooks. I just have to state...

Mr. President: First, allow me to congratulate the main sponsors, Senators Ping and Frank, for writing the specs of a national ID card which is so valuable and virtuous that people won’t be leaving home without it. As I register my affirmative vote, let me reiterate the points...

Thank you for that kind introduction. I seldom accept speaking invitations, except if it comes from Catholic educators, because having endured nine years of homilies by the Christian Brothers, and six years of sermons by the Jesuits, I have always looked forward to returning the...