Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III has thrown his full support to a call of Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ Tulfo for the Senate to use the budget process to hold government agencies, particularly the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), responsible for losses of billions of pesos...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (MANILA BULLETIN) Noting a rise in traffic accident-related deaths, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III called on Congress to pass his measure that seeks to make reckless driving a non-probationable offense. Under...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has filed a resolution seeking to investigate why there is a delay in the issuance of the national identification cards (national ID) by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). “Given the unreasonably prolonged delivery, questionable...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday, May 1, threw his support behind a number of bills at the Upper Chamber seeking to raise the minimum wage in the country. Pimentel said the increase is long overdue. “There is no way a family of five can live a decent life with the...
All parties using parts of the South China Sea must come up with some sort of a Code of Conduct. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III gave this advice following a recent near collision between the Coast Guard vessels of the Philippines and China in the Spratlys in the West Philippine Sea...
Just follow the timetables in the law requiring the registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday, April 25, said. "Since extension is allowed, then ok,’’ Pimentel said following a national government announcement that it was...
(Unsplash) The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should issue a directive to protect workers from the extreme summer heat, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III said on Monday, April 24. Pimentel said the DOLE should order the automatic suspension of work outdoors or indoors when...
(Unsplash) Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Monday, April 24, suggested the distribution of electric fans at public schools to protect learners from the extreme summer heat being experienced in the archipelago. Pimentel opted for electric fans because air-conditioning units are...
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel (Senate PRIB) Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday, April 19, clarified that the additional four sites as well as the present negotiation of the Philippine government with the United States (US) regarding the Enhanced Defense Cooperation...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said he would vote against the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill because it has no justification at all. He questioned why the bill abandoned the sovereign fund concept of MIF to compete with the investible funds of other government financial...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Friday, March 10 the filing of administrative cases should have been recommended against key officials and personnel of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for the New Year’s Day fiasco. The minority leader said that...
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the mandatory use of face masks continues to be a topic of debates among experts in the Philippines. (REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Face masks have long been proven effective at reducing the transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus...
