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MAR
26
2024

Recto secures financing agreements for 2 big-ticket infra projects with JICA to drive inclusive growth for Filipinos

PRESS RELEASE Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto has secured financing agreements with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for two big-ticket infrastructure projects under President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s Build Better More program that will help drive inclusive
FEB
26
2024

Recto begins series of worksite visits on ODA projects to ensure efficient implementation, starts with Metro Manila Subway

PRESS RELEASE Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto began his series of worksite visits on official development assistance (ODA)-funded infrastructure projects to ensure their efficient implementation, starting with the Metro Manila Subway on February 26, 2024. “Today marks the first
FEB
16
2024
MAY
03
2023

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

Press 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.  Even if this light bulb moment had come too late, after the airport had been hit
MAR
08
2023

Citing PNP experience, airport bodycams are emergency buys, not for eternal procurement – Recto

Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 8 March 2023 Sa pagbili ng airport security bodycams, huwag sanang tularan ng DOTR ang PNP na inabot ng apat na taon bago mabili ang mga ito. It should be treated as an emergency purchase, not an item for eternal
MAR
03
2023

Bodycams for airport X-ray men pushed

Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 3 March 2023 The DOTR should consider purchasing body cameras for OTS personnel manning X-ray machines and other airport security checkpoints that put them in close contact with passengers. This simple device would
MAR
02
2023

Gov’t new jeep subsidy is budget for 2 SUC students or 10 4Ps families a year

Press Release 2 March 2023 Every policy comes with a “reverse gear,” but House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto believes President Marcos Jr. did not apply it on the jeepney modernization program “as he merely stepped on the brakes.”  “It was not even a U-turn. ‘Ika nga, hindi n’ya
MAR
01
2023

Jeep modernization needs tune-up, to fix factory defects

Press Release 1 March 2023 If cars undergo regular checkup, so must the jeepney fleet replacement program “so that if factory defects are found, then these can be corrected,” House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. “Di ba yung kotse nga may PMS ( preventive maintenance
FEB
26
2023

Tap P82 B Road Users Tax for urban elevated walkways, bike paths

Press Release 26 February 2023  Sidewalks and bike lanes have been “sidelined and waylaid” in the government’s infrastructure menu but these “active mobility” facilities should be mainstreamed, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said today. And Recto has found a source that can