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MAY
08
2023

BBM US trip a success

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto May 8, 2023 The trip of the President to the US was an unqualified success.Β  It helped that he had as wingmen Ambassador Babes Romualdez, a reliable DC hand who can speed-dial those who move the levers of power,
MAY
08
2023

Establish Specialty Centers In Hospitals Under The Direct Supervision And Control Of The Department Of Health

Explanation of Vote  House Bill 7751 – An Act Establishing Specialty Centers In Hospitals Under The Direct Supervision And Control Of The Department Of Health, And Appropriating Funds Therefor By Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 8 May 2023 Mr.
MAY
08
2023

Allow Elementary And Secondary Learners With Unpaid Tuition And Other School Fees To Take The Periodic And Final Examinations – Recto

Explanation of Vote  House Bill 7584  – An Act Allowing Elementary And Secondary Learners With Unpaid Tuition And Other School Fees To Take The Periodic And Final Examinations On Good Cause And Justifiable Grounds By Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep.
MAY
08
2023

Early Voting By Qualified Senior Citizens, Persons With Disabilities, Lawyers, And Human Resources For Health In National And Local Elections

Explanation of Vote  House Bill 7576 – An Act Providing For Early Voting By Qualified Senior Citizens, Persons With Disabilities, Lawyers, And Human Resources For Health In National And Local Elections By Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 8 May 2023
MAY
07
2023

π‘πžπœπ­π¨ 𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜π₯𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬’ : 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐒𝐨𝐧

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 π‘πžπ₯πžπšπ¬πžπŸ• 𝐌𝐚𝐲 πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ‘ Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto has appealed to his former colleagues in the β€œsmaller House” to pass the bill extending the estate tax amnesty period for two years. A senator for 18 years, Recto believes his β€œformer classmates can pass what is a simple bill”
MAY
03
2023

‘Complete check-up, not just power audit, and fund repairs from NAIA’s big income’

ο»ΏPress Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto May 3, 2023 The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) management said it would need P1 billion for a new electrical system.Β  Even if this light bulb moment had come too late, after the airport had been hit
APR
30
2023

Tuloy lang ang protesta: β€œEven if we have to wallpaper the Great Wall with diplomatic protests”

Press Release 30 April 2023 Chinese acts of aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should be met with indignation at every turn because not to do so would play into Beijing’s game plan that the Philippines would eventually tire out from protesting, House Deputy Speaker Ralph
APR
29
2023

Cost of 5.2 M license cards is LTO income for 3 1/2 days

Press Release 29 April 2023 The P249 million the Land Transportation Office (LTO) needs for it to buy 5.2 million plastic driver’s license cards is what the agency earns β€œin a mere three and half days,” House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. β€œHindi kakulangan ng pera ang dahilan,
APR
20
2023

PBBM urged: Certify estate tax amnesty bill so “people can save billions, gov’t to earn billions”

Press Release 20 April 2023 President Marcos Jr. should certify as urgent the House bill extending the deadline of the estate tax amnesty for another two years, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. Recto said people will β€œsave billions while government will earn billions” by
APR
17
2023

Make Mindoro oil spill site of “environmental Balikatan” open to all nations

Press Release 17 April 2023 It is not yet late for the government to turn the Mindoro oil spill as site of an β€œenvironmental Balikatan” where even nations at loggerheads with each other, like the U.S. and China, can β€œwork together in fighting a real ecological disaster instead of