FEB
02
2022

Explanation of Vote for Firearms Regulation (SB 1155; Committee Report 19)

FIREARMS REGULATION (SB 1155; Committee Report 19)Explanation of Vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto02 Feb 2022 Mr. President, my dear colleagues: When I first requested Senator Ronald to act on my bill, which injects common sense into our firearms law, he
JAN
31
2022

Explanation of Vote for SB 2420: Marawi Compensation

Explanation of vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto31 January 2022 Mr. President, my dear colleagues: By proportion of structures destroyed, Marawi sustained more damage in 2017 than Manila in 1944. The U.S. Philippine Rehabilitation Act, however, took effect in
JAN
31
2022

Explanation of Vote for SB 2044: Declaring San Jose, Batangas the Egg Basket of the Philippines

SB 2044: DECLARING SAN JOSE, BATANGAS THE EGG BASKET OF THE PHILIPPINES Explanation of Vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 31 January 2022 Mr. President, my dear colleagues: Kung ang almusal n’yo po kanina ay isang uri ng “log” —tapsilog, longsilog, tocilog,
JAN
31
2022

Explanation of Vote for SB 2493: Vintage Vehicle Regulation Act

SB 2493: Vintage Vehicle Regulation ActExplanation of Vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto31 January 2022 The first automobile arrived in the Philippines in 1900, a “Georges Richard” imported from France by the store La Estrella del Norte for its customer, a
JAN
31
2022

Explanation of Vote for SB 2421: Granting COVID-19 Benefits and Allowances to Public and Private Health Workers

Explanation of vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto31 January 2022 Exactly two years ago today, the swab test on the country’s COVID-19 Patient 2, a Chinese national, returned positive. A day later, on February 1, 2020, he expired. Patient 2 was confirmed as the
DEC
13
2021

HB 10373: Extending the Availability of 2021 GAA to December 31, 2022

EXPLANATION OF VOTE HB 10373: Extending the Availability of 2021 GAA to December 31, 2022 Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 13 December 2021 Mr. President:  The essence of this bill is to extend the clock on the current national budget. Appropriations bear expiry
DEC
01
2021

Ending the ‘Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang’ moments in markets

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH CR 32 on SB 1241 Timbangan ng Bayan Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 01 December 2021 A wisecrack once compared candidates to canned goods – many are weighed but have been found wanting. Appraising the former is a function of election. The latter,
SEP
21
2021

Sponsorship Speech: Tax on Proprietary Educational Institutions

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH Committee Report No. 311 on SB No. 2407 Tax on Proprietary Educational Institutions Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 21 September 2021 If you recall, CREATE was marketed as the law that will save distressed companies from sinking in a sea of red
JUL
27
2021

Sponsorship Speech on Senate Resolutions Commending and Congratulating Hidilyn Diaz

SPONSORSHIP SPEECHSenate Resolutions Commending and Congratulating Hidilyn DiazSenate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto27 July 2021 Years ago, a small girl in Zamboanga carried boxes of fish to market to help feed her family. That woman last night with one mighty lift ended