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Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto There’s a sniper on the loose in Batangas. Tony Halili was the latest politician in the province felled by a marksman’s bullet. The province is littered with bodies of victims of political assassinations and unsolved

The TRAIN Law has a tax-freeze provision which shall kick in when the benchmark price of crude oil reaches USD80 a barrel, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said RA 10963 explicitly provides for this “price triggered collection moratorium” which was

I have known Secretary Berna and her family for a long time. She has done well in all her government postings. She has a clean record. She has good academic credentials and is very qualified to be the Secretary of Tourism. I look forward to working with her in developing our

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto The President should leverage his warm personal relationship with Chinese leaders in convincing them to cease-and-desist from militarizing the illegally-reclaimed islands in the West Philippine Sea. He has to encash

If smuggled goods like luxury cars are being destroyed by the government with much hoopla, then why not do the same to ships that knowingly transport contraband from abroad? Ships that wittingly carry smuggled goods—such as rice—in large quantities should be seized and

The rehabilitation of Marawi and Boracay can be the two pilot areas of a new government project that will use drones, satellite imaging and other cutting-edge technology that will monitor the progress of big-ticket infrastructure projects, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto

Boracay’s closure could be the “one step backward, two steps forward” strategy which would make the “world’s best island better” and whose reopening in October the government should “drumbeat as a global event,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “I think

“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