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Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 2 September 2022 ’Budget Errata’ can cure Unprogrammed Fund gray areas We look forward to DBM’s submission of the details of the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA). As I have said many times, the

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

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,

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

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,

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

PRESS STATEMENTSenate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto03 June 2022 Marcos economic Cabinet group is ‘A-team, investment grade’ President-elect Marcos Jr.’s economic team is what the market might rate “premium investment grade.” Ben Diokno, Arsi Balisacan,

The order suspends the collection of the tax. The permanent solution, however, will be in the form of a law purging all ambivalence in that provision of the Tax Code. Still, it is a welcome move and I thank the good Secretary of Finance for this order, which would help ease the

First, government should listen to scientists, the ones who matter. Join them in making the prescription. Just be mindful that if lockdown is the cure, then like any medicine, an overdose can be lethal. It is all about the right dosage and duration. It should go with ayuda, which

It is not only reclaiming land in the West Philippine Sea; by its actions, it is also renaming it as the Waste Philippine Sea. By turning reefs into toilets, two man-made things are now visible from space: the Great Wall of China on land, and the Great Wastes of China at sea.