Wiping out Abu Sayyaf is Artikulo Uno of next president’s things to do

26 April 2016, Comment are Off
The next president should hit the ground running after this notorious group. If he or she is drawing up a list of criminals who must be neutralized, then without doubt Abu Sayyaf occupies the number one spot. Hindi na n’ya kailangang maghanap pa ng sindikatong sasampolan. Matagal...

Recto says gov’t must tap Cebu’s world-class shipbuilders for Navy, Coast Guard boats

26 April 2016, Comment are Off
Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto today said the next government should consider Cebu’s shipbuilding industry as the main source of new naval ships to be procured under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program. The province of Cebu, according to...

Recto seeks more funding for 1 town, 1 sports-cum-evacuation center project

25 April 2016, Comment are Off
Hindi lang pang sports, pang disaster pa’  Construction is underway for 32 buildings in 16 regions that will serve as prototypes of “disaster-resilient evacuation centers” which Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto hopes will be replicated in all of the country’s 145 cities...

Recto: Recruit ‘bored’ Pinoy hackers as cyber-commandos

24 April 2016, Comment are Off
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...

Comelec hack makes DICT, ‘cyber-SAF’ urgent

23 April 2016, Comment are Off
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)....

Recto: 4Ps and coco levy may make it as P-Noy’s ‘midnight laws’

22 April 2016, Comment are Off
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...

Recto: Tanim-bala di titigil kung walang ‘sampol’

21 April 2016, Comment are Off
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...

Recto: Dagdag-pulis para iwas-rape

20 April 2016, Comment are Off
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...