Minority Senators Koko Pimentel and Risa Hontiveros have filed a resolution urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withdraw the remaining drug charges against former Senator Leila de Lima and release her from detention. ​Pimentel and Hontiveros signed and filed Resolution No. 27 "in light...
Senators today July 20 threw their support behind a plan of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, to go into government-to-government deal to purchase cheaper fertilizer. ‘’Dapat na! (Which should be the case!). Actually nauna na kami ng SINAG- ABONO other agri groups na nakiusap sa China...
As the country awaits President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25, incoming Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III wants to know the true state of the Philippine nation as of July 2022. July 25 is the start of the 19th Congress. Pimentel also...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) should address the concern of the US House of Representatives on alleged human rights violations as a condition to its aid to the Philippines, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III today (July 20) said. ‘’But those are the conditions that the US has imposed on its...
Former Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday, July 18 said the International Criminal Court (ICC) should decide once and for all on what it wants to do with the Philippines on alleged human rights violations “so the Philippines can react properly.” “We cannot react to a...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, July 17 vowed to scrutinize the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) plan to rightsize the bureaucracy once the Senate has received the proposal in the next few weeks. Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (Rio Leonelle Deluvio / MANILA...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has asked the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to stop the issuance and the production of the P1,000 polymer banknotes amid mounting complaints about its practical use as a legal tender. In a related development, Pimentel also filed a resolution urging the...
Learn to live with the Covid-19 virus. Don’t be talkative. Former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel gave this advice as there are reports now that even those who get sick from the existing new Covid-19 variants are not even immune from the other variants out there today. Sen. Aquilino...
Senators welcomed on Thursday, July 7, the decision of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. abolishing the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Office of the Cabinet secretary. Senator Aquilino Pimentel III said ‘’streamlining is a good development for me as I am for eliminating...
Incoming Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III today July 4 refiled a bill seeking an automatic suspension of the collection of value-added tax (VAT) and excise tax when the price of oil hits a high level in the world market. This was one of the 10 bills filed so far by Pimentel with the...
Incoming Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday, June 28 said he favors an overhaul of the Department of Agriculture (DA) following allegations that some officials of the DA and the Bureau of Customs have been protecting alleged smugglers. ‘’May power naman sya sa mga...
’’Too broad’’ This is the reaction of incoming Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III to an order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to internet services providers to block websites affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People’s...
