Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (Facebook) There is no such thing as legislation via "Viber". The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives had this to say after learning that the Senate, led by Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri, had revised the controversial Maharlika Investment...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri signed the controversial Maharlika Investment fund (MIF) bill in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, June 21. He also signed the Estate Tax Amnesty Extension Act, and the act recognizing Baler, Aurora, as the birthplace of Philippine Surfing. Zubiri...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri’s signature on the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill is now the only thing left before the copy of the measure is transmitted to Malacañang for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s approval....
For the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown, the Philippines will hold a high-profile investment roadshows in Europe to drum up investor interest in the country, particularly in priority sectors such as manufacturing and research and development (R&D), higher value Services, and renewable...
UH0617D (Unsplash) Senator Mark Villar on Saturday, June 17, thanked the economic managers of President Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ Marcos Jr. for reaffirming their support on the establishment of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) as a powerful driver of economic growth. Villar, chairman of the...
Senator Mark Villar has thanked President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s economic managers for supporting the establishment of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act. Sen. Mark Villar (Senate...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Nine officials of an investment group have been charged by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Lucena District Office with 40 counts of syndicated estafa after collecting millions of pesos in contributions from their so-called “investors” in their “paluwagan”...
Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) With the enactment of the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) believed to be imminent, P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon took matters--and money--into her own hands. The outspoken Guanzon went to a Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) branch on Thursday...
Former senator Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, June 14 warned that the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act clearly and explicitly prohibits state-run pension and insurance funds from investing in the MIF, as stated by Congress. Former senator...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Should President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. use his State of the Nation Address (SONA) this coming July 24 to showcase the P500-billion Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF)? Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, one of the original...
Senator Mark Villar (Senate PRIB) Senator Mark Villar, defender of the controversial Maharlia Investment Investment Fund (MIF) Bill in the upper chamber, says he wants to support the Marcos administration in ‘’every way I can". ‘’Happy naman ako at ako naniniwala ako sa ating Presidente...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to pay attention to the serious concerns raised by economists and faculty members of the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) regarding the controversial...