Press Releases

Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 8 March 2023 Sa pagbili ng airport security bodycams, huwag sanang tularan ng DOTR ang PNP na inabot ng apat na taon bago mabili ang mga ito. It should be treated as an emergency purchase, not an item for eternal

Press Release 8 March 2023 Surging inflation or not, the government’s P91 billion annual utilities and fuel bill should prompt President Marcos Jr. to relaunch a better version of his father’s 1970s “enercon campaign,” House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. And if President

Press Release 5 March 2023 Digitalization of government transactions should not only lead in “ease in doing business” but must also be “easy on the pocket, “ Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said today. “Online processing should not cause the uptick of fees,” Recto said, “because the

Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 3 March 2023 The DOTR should consider purchasing body cameras for OTS personnel manning X-ray machines and other airport security checkpoints that put them in close contact with passengers. This simple device would

Press Release 2 March 2023 Every policy comes with a “reverse gear,” but House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto believes President Marcos Jr. did not apply it on the jeepney modernization program “as he merely stepped on the brakes.”  “It was not even a U-turn. ‘Ika nga, hindi n’ya

Press Release 1 March 2023 If cars undergo regular checkup, so must the jeepney fleet replacement program “so that if factory defects are found, then these can be corrected,” House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. “Di ba yung kotse nga may PMS ( preventive maintenance

Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 28 February 2023 Dahil may budget ito na P346 million sa taong 2023, lumalabas na gumagasta ang taxpayers ng halos P1 milyon kada araw para sa pasweldo at operations ng Office for Transportation Security. Napupunta rin

Press Release 26 February 2023  Sidewalks and bike lanes have been “sidelined and waylaid” in the government’s infrastructure menu but these “active mobility” facilities should be mainstreamed, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said today. And Recto has found a source that can

Press Release 25 February 2023 As Filipinos revenge travel, authorities should ready the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for the surge in passenger traffic, which is expected to breach the 50 million mark soon. The call was made by House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto who said