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Malacañang should convene a task force, to include diplomats and Taipans, that will solve the shortage of Tocilizumab and other anti-pneumonia drugs made scarce by the surge in the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said it is ti

The Department of Health (DOH) is planning to buy 758,700 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) next year at an average cost of P1,079 each, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. The P819 million needed for the purchase has been included in the 2022 national

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto welcomed the administration’s request for standby authority to buy as much as P45.4 billion worth of vaccine booster shots, should the same be needed next year. Recto said the amount is part of the P151.6 billion in unprogrammed funds in

One year and one million cases after the country’s first recorded COVID-19 case, a count on the number of ICU beds, ventilators and critical care equipment in government hospitals is in order, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. “In any war, we should always look at

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto23 March 2021 COVID is fast and furious while the vaccine rollout is slow and sputtering. These are signs of a government’s pandemic machinery in trouble and a nation in danger. Hindi lang change oil ang kailangan,

This is legislation by IRR (Implementing Rules and Regulations), a bad habit by bureaucrats who imagine themselves as the third chamber of Congress. No such provision exists in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 or Republic Act No. 11525. Anyone can read through the

‘You don’t hold a bidding for water supply when your neighbor’s house is on fire’ SPONSORSHIP SPEECHCommittee Report No. 185Senate Bill No. 2057COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2021Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto16 February 2020 Mr. President, my dear

While the government’s global hunt for COVID vaccines has not yet led to deliveries to the hardest-hit country in the Western Pacific, it should, in the meantime, stock up on vaccination supplies such as syringes, which are available in the market. The call was made by Senate

The first vaccines to arrive in the country must possess higher efficacy and effectivity rates as these will be given to medical frontliners, “and hence serve as body armor to those in the line of fire,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “Regardless of the

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today welcomed the proposal to set up an indemnification fund for Filipinos who may be harmed by COVID-19 vaccines, but stressed that “the focus should be on strengthening emergency response to the very, very few who may suffer side