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APR
17
2024

Recto secures World Bank’s support on PH gov’t digitalization program to enhance tax administration, among other key areas

PRESS RELEASE Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto has kicked off the World Bank-International Monetary Fund (WB-IMF) Spring Meetings this year with a high-level meeting with World Bank Group (WBG) top officials where he secured support for the Philippine government’s digitalization
SEP
19
2022

On H.B. No. 14, “An Act Requiring The Registration of Subscriber Identity Module Cards”

*manifested on the floor to be inserted into the record Explanation of Vote of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto 19 September 2022 On H.B. No. 14, “An Act Requiring The Registration of Subscriber Identity Module Cards”  Mr. Speaker, my dear colleagues:  When
OCT
12
2020

PSR-542: Urging the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to Devise and Install an Effective Tool That Would Detect and Repel Potential Foreign Interference in Elections

Resolution Urging The Commission On Elections (Comelec) And The Department Of Information And Communications Technology (DICT) To Devise And Install An Effective Tool That Would Detect And Repel Potential  Foreign Interference In Elections, And Directing The Appropriate Senate
SEP
29
2020

Compel agencies to list anti-red tape pledges in national budget

President Duterte should order agencies to include in the 2021 national budget their anti-red tape pledges, “including the speed by which they will process a document,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto explained that the national budget is not all
SEP
24
2020

Firewall 2022 polls from foreign interference

Whether they are peddling fake news, or counterfeit products, or bogus services, and regardless of where they are run, these sites should have no space in social media platforms. Sham treatments harm the body, and scams rob people of money. But the most dangerous swindle are lies
AUG
12
2020

Rx to PhilHealth: Post IRM releases in website, “which can be done without pricey IT software”

How to make Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM) releases transparent and open to scrutiny? Post them in the PhilHealth website, which requires no expensive IT software to do. Enumerate the basic data: amount, date of release, recipient institutions and their facility capacity,
JUN
10
2020

Rush Google-like justice system database for fast verification of arrest warrants—Recto

Government should rush the establishment of “its own Google search-like app for arrest warrants” to spare namesakes of fugitives from being denied security clearances, held at ports or harassed by unscrupulous public officers. This was the call of Senate President Pro Tempore
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