Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday, May 12, backed the proposed construction of a "mega vaccination center" at the 8.5-hectare urban forest in Parañaque City, saying that there are funds, anyway, to replace the trees to be cut for the project. (Photo from Nayong Pilipino...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Monday, May 10 said the police should heed newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar’s order not to put mask violators in jail. Recto said any rush to arrest persons for not wearing face mask without setting up...
Senators on Wednesday, May 5, expressed grief over the passing of veteran entertainment columnist and long-time editor Ricky Lo. "We lost a revered writer and dear family friend. Tito Ricky was like family to us. Not only did he write about almost all of our family’s milestones, he celebrated...
For Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.'s profanities are just what the Philippines needs to express its position on China's continued violations of its sovereignty. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto While Locsin has reportedly apologized...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Thursday urged the national government to conduct a mass regularization of casual workers who have been employed in various state agencies for years, if not decades. Being the country’s biggest employer, Recto said the national government should...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto lectured on Friday, April 23, the spokesperson of the government's anti-insurgency task force for cracking down on organizers of community pantries. Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade, Jr. again earned the ire of senators for red-tagging volunteers who have...
‘These no longer belong to me and my family. These belong to the Filipino people and the children.’ Out of the four Philippine Constitutions, it was the 1935 Constitution that was said to be the best-written one according to a story by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines...
Senators on Thursday pushed for the passage of the bill seeking to tax Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) to help the government generate revenues and fund its major programs, particularly on health and education, badly needed this time of a COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Sonny Angara (Joseph...
Senator Ralph Recto yesterday sought for an accounting of the funds being allocated to government financial institutions for lending to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Senator Ralph Recto (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) This transpired at the Senate hearing for the...
Senator Ralph Recto yesterday sought for an accounting of the funds being allocated to government financial institutions for lending to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Senator Ralph Recto (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) This transpired at the Senate hearing for the...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said they are evaluating this year’s national budget to determine whether there is need to augment it to help the victims of the recent typhoons that ravaged Luzon and parts of the Visayas. “We are in the process of evaluating the damage of the series...
The Philippine government has directed Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corporation to go ahead with its programmed seismic survey and well drilling at the Recto Bank even without securing first the concurrence of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) or that of the Chinese government. Energy...
