Press Releases

“Mission number one” for incoming Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde is to fill the big number of personnel vacancies in the PNP, which is projected to hit 25,938 this year, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “If all of these positions are filled, and

Whether it is urban or rural, upland or coastal, the rule we follow in land use is suitability, the optimal utilization that will yield the most income, the most jobs, the greatest economic value per square meter with the least social and environmental cost. There are lands best

Newly-appointed Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra should be given the “men and material” the Department of Justice needs as the “changing of the guards alone will not automatically lead” to improvements in an agency that is an important pillar of the justice system. This was

As there seems to be an unli-rice-loving gene in our DNA, we Pinoys consume an average 108 kilos each yearly. While producing rice is a problem, producing babies is not. Our population grows by 1.66 million a year. By 2028, our population would have increased by 16.43 million

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto backs a Department of Budget and Management-led rehabilitation and privatization plan for the Pasig River ferry “as it is the best chance to rescue the service from the inaction of the Department of Transportation.” “I have always said

Government should attach a “performance target” to the six-month closure of Boracay “so there will be measurable outcome” of the island’s mandatory shutdown, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “What are the countable outputs after 6 months? Ilang kilometro ng

Manila should recognize the “Maranao’s culture and resilience as the strongest building blocks” in the reconstruction of Marawi City, and treat them “as active partners and not mere passive receivers” of rebuilding plans. This was stressed by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph

President Duterte should whip his “compartmentalized rice team” to get their act together because “rice is a volatile political commodity” in which the “slightest perception of shortage” could shoot prices up and hurt the poor most, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto sai

Let us not make the already twice-postponed October 2016 barangay elections the most aborted in history. As it stands now, the COMELEC is ready, the communities are ready, the candidates are ready, the country is ready, for the scheduled May 14 elections. Only some congressmen