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Any rush to arrest mandatory mask violators without setting up the “holding and booking” infrastructure would worsen jail congestion and the clogging of court dockets, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said violators will be first brought to holding cells

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto  05 May 2021 Ricky Lo’s daily columns were the first drafts of the history of Philippine cinema.  Compile them and the results are the authoritative annals of the local film industry, by someone who penned it with a

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto04 May 2021 On Secretary Locsin’s tweets on China’s incursions into our territory In an era when diplomacy is practiced by those who “speak softly and carry a selfie stick”, it pays to have a

The national government – the country’s biggest employer – should celebrate Labor Day with a mass regularization of casual workers who have been in its employ for years, if not decades, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “It can begin with contractual workers in

One year and one million cases after the country’s first recorded COVID-19 case, a count on the number of ICU beds, ventilators and critical care equipment in government hospitals is in order, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “In any war, we should always look at

The P16 billion in taxes paid by the people was given to that body so it can run after the Communist Party, not community pantries. So something is terribly wrong when a general berates a millennial because she fed her neighbors. There is no valor in that. It is also unfair to

The only thing red in the community pantries are the ripe tomatoes. Those who see red in these bayanihan projects should have their hearts examined. Community pantries need more food bags, not red tags, nor red tape. Let them bloom wherever they sprout, regardless of who planted

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