MAY
09
2023

Congress passes 9 bills on final reading upon resumption of session

Just the second day of the week and the People’s House has already passed on Final Reading nine (9) bills, including the National Network of Specialty Centers in Government Hospitals; Early Voting for PWDs, Seniors and Health Workers; Ban on No Permit, No Exam in Elementary
MAY
08
2023

BBM US trip a success

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto May 8, 2023 The trip of the President to the US was an unqualified success.  It helped that he had as wingmen Ambassador Babes Romualdez, a reliable DC hand who can speed-dial those who move the levers of power,
MAY
07
2023

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MAY
03
2023

‘Complete check-up, not just power audit, and fund repairs from NAIA’s big income’

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto May 3, 2023 The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) management said it would need P1 billion for a new electrical system.  Even if this light bulb moment had come too late, after the airport had been hit
APR
30
2023

Tuloy lang ang protesta: “Even if we have to wallpaper the Great Wall with diplomatic protests”

Press Release 30 April 2023 Chinese acts of aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should be met with indignation at every turn because not to do so would play into Beijing’s game plan that the Philippines would eventually tire out from protesting, House Deputy Speaker Ralph
APR
29
2023

Cost of 5.2 M license cards is LTO income for 3 1/2 days

Press Release 29 April 2023 The P249 million the Land Transportation Office (LTO) needs for it to buy 5.2 million plastic driver’s license cards is what the agency earns “in a mere three and half days,” House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. “Hindi kakulangan ng pera ang dahilan,
APR
20
2023

PBBM urged: Certify estate tax amnesty bill so “people can save billions, gov’t to earn billions”

Press Release 20 April 2023 President Marcos Jr. should certify as urgent the House bill extending the deadline of the estate tax amnesty for another two years, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. Recto said people will “save billions while government will earn billions” by
APR
17
2023

Make Mindoro oil spill site of “environmental Balikatan” open to all nations

Press Release 17 April 2023 It is not yet late for the government to turn the Mindoro oil spill as site of an “environmental Balikatan” where even nations at loggerheads with each other, like the U.S. and China, can “work together in fighting a real ecological disaster instead of
APR
16
2023

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????? ????????? ????? ???? Police officers who participate in drug busts must be made to wear body cameras, so that a video recording of the operation will aid in prosecuting suspects, commend deserving officers, and deter those caught, and their coddlers, from bribing their way