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Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today said that Manila’s bus ban should provide the impetus for the convening of a Metro Manila summit that will tackle the flood, traffic and “the region’s other interlocking problems” and “to kick-start the preparation for the country’s

A rising tide must raise all ships. I think that is the core of the President’s message this afternoon. He wants any economic improvement to be enjoyed by all. And he has prescribed the ways by which wealth created can be dispersed. Tama ang pinahiwatig ng Pangulo na ang mahirap

Sen. Ralph Recto has asked the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the viability of the approved P351-billion over-all master plan on flood management in the National Capital Region, which is by far the most ambitious and expensive flood control program ever crafted by the national

The Senate is being called to step into the worsening traffic mess and scrutinize the soundness of the government’s traffic panacea that would solve decongestion in major thoroughfares and intersections. Sen. Ralph G. Recto today urged the Senate Committee on Public Services to

Sen. Ralph G. Recto today deplored reports that water concessionaires Maynilad Water Services and Manila Water Co. were passing on their multi-billion corporate income tax payments to their consumers. Recto said he would be filing a resolution calling for a Senate inquiry into

Sen. Ralph G. Recto said today’s signing into law of the measure institutionalizing the “K plus 12” education would align the country with the global standards in education and likewise open more doors to children denied of their chance to step inside a classroom. Recto said a

Calling it crazy and unenforceable, Sen. Ralph G. Recto today called for the immediate shelving of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) resolution imposing a “money ban” to curb vote-buying before and during Monday’s elections. “It will have an adverse impact on business and

Sen. Ralph G. Recto yesterday reiterated his proposal to tax -exempt Christmas and 13th month bonuses and overtime pay of private and government workers that would effectively bring down income taxes and make it as part of government’s Labor Day surprise for May 1. “I really

Sen. Ralph G. Recto today said government should quickly send a humanitarian mission to help victims of the devastating earthquake that rocked a Southwestern Chinese province last weekend. “As a neighbor with deep historical and economic ties, the country should send its own