Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... and one of the women was pregnant."This atrocity leaves a deep wound in our national psyche," said Ralph Recto, a former senator. "It is as if each one of us has been stabbed."President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered extra troops to the region and sacked the Maguindanao provincial police chief. Previous Page 1 | |
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... and one of the women was pregnant."This atrocity leaves a deep wound in our national psyche," said Ralph Recto, a former senator. "It is as if each one of us has been stabbed."President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered extra troops to the region and sacked the Maguindanao provincial police chief."No effort will be spared to bring justice to the victims and hold the perpetrators accountable...
Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Liberal Party has scored a hit with the defection of Vice Governor Vilma Santos and husband Ralph Recto, former senator and economic planning secretary of Gloria Arroyo. Batangas, with an estimated voting population of 1.5 million, is a prime target of any presidential candidate. Sources said it was Recto who wanted to join the LP having [...]
Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Liberal Party announced their initial list of senatorial candidates: 1. Former Senate President Franklin Drilon 2. Former Senator Serge Osmeña III 3.Detained officer Brig. Gen. Danny Lim 4. Rep. Ruffy Biazon 5. Rep. Teofisto Guingona, Jr. 6. Akbayan Rep. Rissa Hontiveros 7. Former rEP. Neric Acosta 8. Former Senator Ralph Recto,also former NEDA secretary under Gloria Arroyo...
Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... politicians want to join. Lakas-Kampi assets Batangas Governor Vilma Santos and her husband, Ralph Recto, former senator and Gloria Arroyo’s economic planning secretary until two months ago, were inducted into the LP last week. Recto, who lost in his 2007 re-election bid, is now included in the LP senatorial ticket. Explaining his decision of leaving the LP, Osmeña said he’d...
Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... According to a reliable source, Osmeña disagreed with the LP decision to include former senator Ralph Recto and his wife Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto in the party. Recto was also included in LP’s senatorial slate. The source said that Osmeña did not want be part of a slate that would endorse a former member of the Arroyo administration such as Recto. Before...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
MANILA, Nov. 13 (PNA)—Acting National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) chief Augusto B. Santos said that the claim made by former NEDA Secretary Ralph Recto that prices of petroleum products in the Philippines were overpriced by at least P8 was baseless.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... announced major defections to its ranks from the administration. These included former senator Ralph Recto, who served in the Cabinet as economic planning secretary, and his wife, popular film star-turned governor Vilma Santos-Recto. - Reuters
Business World (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... and reinforcing the assertions of former NEDA Director General and future sentatorial candidate Ralph Recto that the oil companies were overcharging by as much as P8 per liter. It makes for great drama, and of course much-desired publicity on the part of politicians. Which one can live with — the so-called "Big Three" oil companies are definitely big boys and can take care of themselves....
