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FEB
03
2021

It is the LTO that needs restraints

Who needs restraint the most? People in the LTO driver’s seat. It is behind the epidemic of new fees. It has become a super spreader of high fines. There is confusion in the rules it issues. The lack of coherence of which is the regulatory equivalent of distracted driving.
MAY
11
2020

No fare increase for public transpo during COVID crisis; fuel subsidy for bus/jeep drivers proposed

Virtual committee hearing of the Public Services committee chaired by Senator Grace Poe on the resumption of public transport during COVID-19 crisis May 11, 2020 Senator Ralph Recto asks the LTFRB and DOTR on the guidelines that will be implemented for public transportation when
MAY
11
2020

Recto on aviation losses and possible gov’t subsidy to avoid layoff of workers

Virtual committee hearing of the Public Services committee chaired by Senator Grace Poe on the resumption of public transport during COVID-19 crisis. May 11, 2020 Recto on aviation losses and possible gov’t subsidy to avoid layoff of workers airline industry in the Philippines
MAY
11
2020

Recto: Phl airports open only to receive returning OFWs and Filipino residents

Virtual committee hearing of the Public Services committee chaired by Senator Grace Poe on the resumption of public transport during COVID-19 crisis. May 11, 2020 Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto clarifies with MIAA GM Eddie Monreal that the country is not yet opening our
DEC
22
2019

Recto on Angkas firing: ‘Unemployment is the saddest Christmas gift gov’t can give’

Christmas is the season of giving, not of taking away; of spreading cheer, and not sowing unhappiness. But for 17,000 Angkas drivers and their families, they got the saddest and meanest Christmas gift ever: their livelihood being taken away. The gift of unemployment is the most
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AUG
08
2019

Tap P46 B MVUC in road clearing, improvement ops

National government should have “equity” in the road clearing operations it had mandated local governments to undertake, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “Its participation should go beyond issuing orders and deadlines, but must also include contributing to
AUG
03
2019

Recto bill mandates consumer reps in LTFRB, NTC, MWSS, other regulatory bodies

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is seeking the mandatory membership of consumer representatives in the boards of government agencies that regulate power, water, transportation, and other public utilities. Explaining Senate Bill 590, Recto said the “interest of the end
AUG
02
2017

RA 10930: Extending the Validity Period of Driver’s License

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Seventeenth Congress First Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand sixteen. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10930] AN ACT RATIONALIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE