Press Releases

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto I salute Senator, now Secretary Greg Honasan, a Senate classmate for 15 years, in his new job as head of the DICT. Knowing him to be mission-oriented, I am confident that he will be time-on-target in completing the

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has refiled his “One Town, One Doctor” bill, a novel scholarship program in which government funds the schooling of one medical student from a town – on the condition that when he becomes a doctor, he will serve his town for four years.

With the recent signing into law of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto called on officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to “craft a responsive and relevant” implementing rules and regulations (IRR)

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the Senate probe into the “poaching or export of sand and other landfill materials” should cover not only the reported sand dredging in Batangas “but similar cases in other parts of the country.” Recto said he will a file resolution

I support the call of Budget Secretary Ben Diokno to exempt infrastructure projects from the election period ban on certain activities. In fact, the Senate version of the 2019 national budget contains this General provision which I sponsored: “Notwithstanding the provisions of

The Senate-approved bill institutionalizing the state’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program carries provisions which “shield it from epal politics, prioritize farmers and fishermen, reward work equity, link it to livelihood programs,” Sen. Ralph Recto said. “This is not

The Senate approved on second reading Monday a bill which will use a portion of the Malampaya collection to defray a looming hike in electricity prices caused by stranded power sector privatization costs, which will be passed on to consumers. The measure, principally authored by

The bloody Sulu cathedral bombing is the first leadership test of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders who are set to assume the reins of the Bangsamoro autonomous government, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. Recto said solving Sunday’s twin explosions which

A bill has been filed in the Senate defining which types of motorcycles may qualify as public utility vehicles, which if approved will lift the ban on two-wheel vehicles from ferrying paying passengers. Sen. Ralph Recto’s Senate Bill 2173 classifies public utility motorcycles as