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AUG
22
2022

2023 budget must fix spending delays, procurement fiascos

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto When it comes to public spending, the problem is not in budget authorization, or when Congress approves the budget, but in budget execution, when agencies spend the budget given to them. The budget is supposed to
AUG
17
2022

Saan aabot ang 18 pesos mo?

Saan aabot ang 18 pesos mo? Ayon sa bagong labas na estatistika ng pamahalaan, kasya na daw pangluto ng isang kainan para sa isang tao. Kaya kung altanghap, sapat na daw ang ₱55.80 na arawang budget.  Ito ang tinatawag na daily food threshold ng isang Pinoy, ayon sa
AUG
02
2022

Senior pension hike law raises the P25-billion-peso question

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 2 August 2022 Senior pension hike law raises the P25-billion-peso question This year, the Social Pension for Indigent Seniors Program covers 4,079,669 seniors, costing taxpayers P25.01 billion annually. If the
AUG
01
2022

Privilege Speech of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto honoring former President Fidel V. Ramos

Privilege Speech of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 01 August 2022 Mr. Speaker, my dear colleagues. I join the nation in mourning the passing of a statesman who changed the course of our country and the lives of our people for the better. President Ramos was brave
JUL
31
2022

On the Passing of President Fidel V. Ramos

Statement of Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto On the Passing of President Fidel V. Ramos 31 July 2022 President Ramos was brave in war, industrious in work, visionary in public service, and helpful to his fellowmen. He was the Steady Eddie who led by infectious and inspiring example,
JUL
27
2022

Government assistance should match the intensity of the earthquake.

Press Statement of Rep. Ralph G. Recto 6th District, Batangas 27 July 2022 Government assistance should match the intensity of the earthquake. But it appears that available National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRM) fund, otherwise known as the Calamity Fund, may be
JUL
26
2022

‘As gov’t payroll surges to P1.4T, rightsizing should plug lack in critical personnel’

Press Release 26 July 2022 ‘As gov’t payroll surges to P1.4T, rightsizing should plug lack in critical personnel’ The plan to “right size” the bureaucracy will not slash the number of national government workers as the hiring of essential personnel, such as teachers and nurses,
JUL
25
2022

Statement of Rep. Ralph G. Recto on President BBM’s SONA

Statement of Rep. Ralph G. Recto on President BBM’s SONA 25 July 2022 A data-driven SONA which paints the future using numbers – Recto It was a data-driven SONA. Others before him had used words to conjure the future. He painted it using numbers. And that makes his SONA
JUL
25
2022

Speech Nominating Rep. Martin Romualdez as Speaker of the House of Representatives

Rep. Ralph G. Recto (6th District of Batangas) Seconding the Nomination of Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez as Speaker of the House of Representatives25 July 2022 It is my privilege to second the nomination. May I just submit for insertion into the records the copy of my