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AUG
25
2021

Booster shots? Palace seeks standby P45B in ’22 budget

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto welcomed the administration’s request for standby authority to buy as much as P45.4 billion worth of vaccine booster shots, should the same be needed next year. Recto said the amount is part of the P151.6 billion in unprogrammed funds in
MAR
10
2021

Joblessness is a result of jablessness

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto The latest jobs report states the obvious: Joblessness is a result of jablessness.  The contagion of unemployment is a brutal side effect of this virus. Mass inoculation is the cure to mass unemployment. Any
MAR
02
2021

Vaccine delay, resistance to test in-person classes may birth ‘Generation Lost’

COVID’s greatest damage may have been in incarcerating millions of children and sending the educational system to the ICU, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has warned. These kids may end up as the “lost generation,” Recto said, if the return to normalcy will be “slowed
MAR
01
2021

Gov’t should match frontliners’ heroism with vaccine offensive 

It is said to be the first shot in our nation’s counterattack against the virus. That it was given to Dr. Gap Legaspi, ground commander of the biggest COVID-19 hospital, only underscores the moral responsibility of this government to support the continuing heroism of our
FEB
26
2021

RA 11525: COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaEighteenth CongressSecond Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand twenty. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11525] AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019
FEB
23
2021

Explanation of YES Vote: COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021

EXPLANATION OF VOTE Committee Report No. 185 Senate Bill No. 2057 COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2021 Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 23 February 2021 Mr. President, my dear colleagues:  What is this bill? It is a cocktail of cures for the national vaccine
FEB
16
2021

Sponsorship Speech on COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021

‘You don’t hold a bidding for water supply when your neighbor’s house is on fire’ SPONSORSHIP SPEECHCommittee Report No. 185Senate Bill No. 2057COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2021Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto16 February 2020 Mr. President, my dear
FEB
11
2021

On the reported arrival of 600,000 Sinovac doses on Feb. 23

We should not demonize a vaccine because of its country of origin. Let science be the guide, not superstition. If our scientists from UP and the FDA will say after thorough evaluation that it is good, then who are we to doubt their findings? Science is the light that will lead us
JAN
31
2021

Use vaccine wait to stockpile syringes, freezers because ‘we mustn’t wait for the horse to build the cart’

While the government’s global hunt for COVID vaccines has not yet led to deliveries to the hardest-hit country in the Western Pacific, it should, in the meantime, stock up on vaccination supplies such as syringes, which are available in the market. The call was made by Senate
JAN
20
2021

PSR-617: Urging the National Government to Allow the Local Government Units and the Private Sector the Procurement of COVID-19 Vaccines

Resolution Urging The National Government To Allow The Local Government Units And The Private Sector The Procurement Of Covid-19 Vaccines For Use Of Their Constituents And Employees Including Their Dependents Upon Issuance Of Emergency Use Authorization By The Food And Drug
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