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The first test of the administration promise that federalism will funnel more funds to grassroots is for it to immediately comply with the Supreme Court decision raising the share of local governments from national tax collections. “The administration is being presented with the

With a price tag of P25 billion, the National ID project should be able to solve the problem of 7.5 million Filipinos without birth certificates, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “That should be one of the outcomes of the project,” Recto said. “If there will be a

Like every law, BOL has a cost. Scratch the surface of every provision, and a price tag lies underneath. Unfortunately, we still do not know the full cost of this measure. What we have are estimates and approximations. What we were told were the programs and the projects, but not

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