APR
13
2023

2,189 new slots to raise “Doktor sa Bayan” scholars to 3,600

Press Release 13 April 2023 At least 2,189 new taxpayer-funded free medical education slots will open in the 2023-2024 school year, raising the number of “Doktor Para Sa Bayan” scholars to a “brigade size” 3,600, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. “This is a 150% increase. We
APR
11
2023

Good news sa ating mga magsasaka

Magiging batas na ang panukalang nag-aabswelto sa agrarian reform beneficiaries mula sa pagkaka-utang at pagbabayad ng buwis sa lupang iginawad sa kanila sa ilalim ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Ito’y matapos ratipikahan ng Kongreso at Senado ang bicam
APR
11
2023

BBM should update RAIN – Roadmap to Address Impact of El Niño – to spare

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝟏𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑  As the country braces for the return of El Nino, President Marcos Jr. should lead in the upgrading of the RAIN or “Roadmap to Address the Impact of El Nino” so that the weather phenomenon will not seriously harm the country’s food,
APR
10
2023

Per hectare debt of farmers to be condoned lower than per sqm price of NCR condo

Press Release 10 April 2023 President Marcos Jr.’s first social legislation will free 610,000 farmers from debts owed in acquiring agrarian reform lands whose combined area of more 1.17 million hectares is 277 times the size of Manila, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said today.
MAR
15
2023

A drop in the P380 B oil tax barrel: Katas ng langis gamitin sa oil spill – Recto

Press Release 15 March 2023 Government collects more than P380 billion a year from crude oil and petroleum products, a fraction of which can be used to finance the clean-up of the Mindoro oil spill and indemnify impacted coastal residents, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto sai
MAR
13
2023

“If gov’t can raise Maharlika billions, why not funds for onion cold storages?”

Press Release 13 March 2023 As farmgate prices of onion plummet, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto believes government officials can find funds for the building of cold storages with the same creativity that that they are raising capital for the Maharlika Fund. “If they boast they
MAR
10
2023

P9 trillion infra list “great, but must include debt component” – Recto

Press Release 10 March 2023 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s plan to kick-start 194 high impact projects worth P9 trillion “is the forward-thinking needed to erase the infrastructure backlog,” House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. “That is grand vision on the infrastructure side
MAR
08
2023

Citing PNP experience, airport bodycams are emergency buys, not for eternal procurement – Recto

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
MAR
08
2023

Govt’s utilities bill to hit P100 B unless BBM launches enercon drive

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