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COVID’s greatest damage may have been in incarcerating millions of children and sending the educational system to the ICU, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has warned. These kids may end up as the “lost generation,” Recto said, if the return to normalcy will be “slowed

It is said to be the first shot in our nation’s counterattack against the virus. That it was given to Dr. Gap Legaspi, ground commander of the biggest COVID-19 hospital, only underscores the moral responsibility of this government to support the continuing heroism of our

Wednesday evening’s botched entrapment which killed four anti-drug operatives in a gunfight among themselves should speed up the implementation of a “may bodycam sa dibdib, may dashcam sa sasakyan” rule in the PNP, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said.  “It is again

The Senate has the power and the prerogative to investigate the PDEA-PNP shootout. And with two ex-PNP chiefs in the chamber, I have no doubt that it will be able to uncover the truth. An investigation is in order, as there have been alarming cases of friendly fire casualties of

Here’s an assignment for the Department of Education: Set up laboratory schools that will test the safety of limited face-to-face classes.  “That is the science lesson DepEd should study,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, adding that “debates on whether to open

We should not demonize a vaccine because of its country of origin. Let science be the guide, not superstition. If our scientists from UP and the FDA will say after thorough evaluation that it is good, then who are we to doubt their findings? Science is the light that will lead us

Daghang salamat, Mr. President. The lesson here is that before you ram through a rule that will force the people to pay, be sure to run it by the President first. Hindi pwede ang fast and furious way of implementing new regulations. Never pull a fast one. If you are in the

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the “supply squeeze and price hikes” of food should prompt the immediate passage of the Bayanihan III Law. “If hunger is a great motivator, then it should push the government to package a third round of aid centered on helping

It is “wrong and misleading” to attribute all road accidents to poorly maintained vehicles, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said, in shooting down a “favorite selling point” of owners of Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers (PMVICs). “Yes, accidents are caused by