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EXPLANATION OF VOTE SB 1564: Bayanihan to Recover As One Act Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 28 July 2020 Mr. President:  Today we hit the ground running as befits the call of the times.  The virus may be faster than the bureaucracy, but it should not be

An Actgranting Tax Exemptions And Fee Privileges To Special Purpose Vehicleswhich Acquire Or Invest In Non-Performing Assets, Setting The Regulatory Framework Therefor, And For Other Purposes  In anticipation of the increase in bad loans to an unprecedented level and to help

An Act Increasing The Minimum Salary Grade Level Of Social Worker Position From Salary Grade 11 To Salary Grade 15 And Providing Funds Therefor Despite the social workers’ invaluable contributions, their salaries lag behind those of other helping professions such as nurses and

An Act Requiring The Digitalization Of Frontline Services Of All Government Agencies And Appropriating Funds Therefor Coverage: National Government Agencies, Local Government Units, and Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations and other government instrumentalities that

An Act Extending The Effectivity Of Republic Act No. 11469, Otherwise Known As The “Bayanihan To Heal As One Act,” Providing Mechanisms To Accelerate The Recovery And Bolster The Resiliency Of The Philippine Economy, Amending For The Purpose Republic Act No. 11469, Appropriating

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 13 May 2020 A medical diploma carries a hefty price tag in this country. Tuition is so high, and other fees so prohibitive, that the joke is that medical schools should put a recovery room beside the school cashier. Or deploy crash

Mr. President: Throughout history, legislation has always marched behind technology. It has always been innovation first, regulation later. And most often, government’s intervention follows this Reagan doctrine: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it

An Act Establishing The Special Economic Defense Economic Zone (SpeDEZ) Inside The Government Arsenal Defense Industrial Estate Located In Camp Gen. Antonio Luna, Lamao, Municipality Of Limay, Province Of Bataan, Creating For This Purpose The Special Defense Economic Zone

Explanation of Vote on Senate Bill No. 1077Creating a National Transportation Safety Board Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto This bill, like our traffic-delayed planes and buses, may have been late in coming. But the alternative of it not arriving at all would have been

Explanation of Vote on Senate Bill No. 1155Amending the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto When rules are complicated and the process in securing permits are complex, it leads not to compliance, to but to evasion. This