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Amid reports of Luzon vegetable farmers dumping their produce, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto challenged the Department of Agriculture “to buy these, truck them to Manila and quietly give them to community pantries.” “May mga pictures na tinatapon na lang ang kamatis

The Supreme Court’s statements that it will soon order the mandatory use of body cameras in the serving of warrants should be a signal to the DBM and the DILG to include funds for their purchase in the 2022 national budget. “Sinabi na ng Korte Suprema. Ihanda na ang pondo. Hindi

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto23 March 2021 COVID is fast and furious while the vaccine rollout is slow and sputtering. These are signs of a government’s pandemic machinery in trouble and a nation in danger. Hindi lang change oil ang kailangan,

This is legislation by IRR (Implementing Rules and Regulations), a bad habit by bureaucrats who imagine themselves as the third chamber of Congress. No such provision exists in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 or Republic Act No. 11525. Anyone can read through the

Government should now start releasing daily reports on the number of people who have been vaccinated. This is the national scoreboard that will tell us how far we are into our vaccination goal and how fast we are doing it. This can be incorporated into the daily COVID reports of

We remember the dead and recognize the heroes, but the best way to honor them is for government to arm for a final push against the virus that will end the stalemate and turn the tide in our favor. Like any war, the people can only be assured of victory not with words but with a

The dirty war should end and the death squads stopped if we want to spare our democracy from lasting damage that would take generations to fix. A weakened belief in the rule of law is not a legacy we would like to leave our children. This epidemic of unsolved killings has rocked

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto on the PNP spokesman’s warning against PDA10 March 2021 The PNP leadership should clarify the announcement of their spokesman on public displays of affection (PDA). On its face, his statement seems to be a

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto The latest jobs report states the obvious: Joblessness is a result of jablessness.  The contagion of unemployment is a brutal side effect of this virus. Mass inoculation is the cure to mass unemployment. Any