Press Releases

Finding the “sweet spot” which will determine the right volume of sugar imports that will both protect producers and consumers must be “solely based on science and insulated from lobby and politics,” Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. Recto said sugar demand and supply forecast

Highly-capable Budget chief Pangandaman can end procurement mess – Recto Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto called on Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman to conduct a “post mortem on delayed and bungled” procurement activities of the Procurement Service which is

BBM should end ‘pasa-buy’ procurement, dismantle ‘parking lots’ Press Release 10 August 2022 If it wants faster delivery of critical projects and equipment, the Marcos administration must end the “pasa-buy” scheme in government purchases which has created

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 2 August 2022 Senior pension hike law raises the P25-billion-peso question This year, the Social Pension for Indigent Seniors Program covers 4,079,669 seniors, costing taxpayers P25.01 billion annually. If the

Press Release 1 August 2022 On new disaster agency, name doesn’t matter; powers and funding do – Recto Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto said whatever the official name of the new disaster response agency will be is “secondary to its powers and functions.” “I

Statement of Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto On the Passing of President Fidel V. Ramos 31 July 2022 President Ramos was brave in war, industrious in work, visionary in public service, and helpful to his fellowmen. He was the Steady Eddie who led by infectious and inspiring example,

Press Statement of Rep. Ralph G. Recto 6th District, Batangas 27 July 2022 Government assistance should match the intensity of the earthquake. But it appears that available National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRM) fund, otherwise known as the Calamity Fund, may be

Press Release 26 July 2022 ‘As gov’t payroll surges to P1.4T, rightsizing should plug lack in critical personnel’ The plan to “right size” the bureaucracy will not slash the number of national government workers as the hiring of essential personnel, such as teachers and nurses,

Statement of Rep. Ralph G. Recto on President BBM’s SONA 25 July 2022 A data-driven SONA which paints the future using numbers – Recto It was a data-driven SONA. Others before him had used words to conjure the future. He painted it using numbers. And that makes his SONA