Former Senate President Franklin Drilon on Thursday, June 15 urged the current Senate leadership to bring back the prestige and credibility of the institution, citing the need to address the lack of proper decorum during plenary session and committee hearings. President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri...
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...
Senators on Monday, June 12 took turns expressing their prayers and condolences following the death of former Armed Forces Chief of Staff and former senator Rodolfo “Pong” Biazon. F ormer Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff and former senator Rodolfo...
ILOILO CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos on Sunday, May 28, assured that she will personally relay to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. the unresolved problems with the P680-million substandard flyover here. PROTESTERS flock to the unused P680-million Ungka Flyover that straddles Pavia, Iloilo and Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – A group of Ilonggos has urged the Senate and the House of Representatives to probe the P680-million substandard and unused Ungka Flyover, one of the last projects lobbied by former Sen. Franklin Drilon. “We are urging both Houses of Congress to immediately act on resolutions for...
ILOILO CITY – At least P250 million is needed to repair the substandard Ungka Flyover that straddles between Iloilo City and Pavia town, Iloilo province. THE substandard Ungka Flyover that straddles between Iloilo City and Pavia town, Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) This was revealed by Engr....
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon (Senate PRIB) Former Senate President Franklin Drilon on Monday, April 10 said the President already has the power under the GOCC Governance Act to direct the merger of the state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the Development Bank of the...
ILOILO CITY – Despite enduring the inconvenience, Ilonggos were still able to crack jokes over the substandard flyover pet project of former Sen. Franklin Drilon after it was briefly used as a pedestrian overpass on Monday, Feb. 6. ILONGGOS use the P680-million Ungka Flyover as a pedestrian...
Senator Grace Poe favors the sale of non-performing or problematic government assets to fund the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Poe thinks the private sector might handle these assets better as they are said to be riddled by corruption or are mismanaged. She advised that the sale should be done...
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon sought on Saturday, Jan. 28 the privatization of the government’s gaming industry to fund the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) being proposed by administration allies. The solution to the problem of funding the MIF ‘’lies in the long overdue...
ILOILO CITY – Three party-list representatives have filed a resolution calling for a probe on two substandard flyovers in Iloilo that were pet projects of former Ilonggo Sen. Franklin M. Drilon. REPRESENTATIVES (from left) France Castro of ACT Teachers party-list, Arlene Brosas of Gabriela...
BONOAN ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has threatened to declare Secretary Manuel Bonoan of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as persona non grata over the alleged lack of formal update on the substandard Ungka II Flyover pet project of former Ilonggo Sen. Franklin Drilon in...
