Press Releases

Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto Government must exert all efforts in seeing to it that the fruit of the loot will not harm a single Filipino. Intelligence funds appropriated, which are in the billions of pesos, should be used to follow the money. If some

But wide gap still seen with entry of new vehicles Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today welcomed the Supreme Court’s lifting of the Temporary Restraining Order on the distribution of 700,000 motor vehicle license plates but their eventual distribution “might be a case

Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto on the Philippine Economic Report Card The Philippine economic report card for 2017 deserves a grade of “A.” The impressive performance validates the prudence of sustaining the game-changing reforms initiated in the past.

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today said the manpower lack in the Department of Social Welfare and Development must be fixed first before the agency can take in 5.5 million new families who shall be enrolled in the TRAIN rebate scheme. The 5.5 million households, who

But half-a-century to end irrigation backlog at current building pace Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the signing of the free irrigation bill – which has been on President Duterte’s desk since January 4 – would sustain the farm sector’s turnaround, which posted a

More public funds can be sent to the grassroots without tinkering with the Constitution, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today, demolishing an argument that only through a Charter revision can local governments have a bigger share of tax collections. Recto said if

Bring out your calculators and count the cost. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today pressed Finance and Budget officials to compute the “price tag” of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, saying that a “clear fiscal picture” will pave the way for BBL’s passage. “We are all for

For democracy to thrive, a free and untrammelled press is essential. To put a muzzle on independent reporting is to limit the exchange of ideas essential to good governance. Citizens, whether they blog to their community or broadcast to the country, should not be deprived of this

The Senate and House conferees to the panel finalizing President Duterte’s proposed new taxes have agreed “to cut the rates and the requirements” on the estate tax, which is levied on a deceased person’s assets. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said “billions in