The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will be looking to pass on third and final reading not eight, but 14 more priority measures of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. once it resumes sessions on Monday, May 8. This, after House Speaker Martin...
Batangas City Embassy Chill's 111-63 drubbing of Quezon City Gaz N Go capped a rash of routs on Tuesday, April 18, in the OKBet-MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season at the Batangas City Coliseum. *Jeckster Apinan does it all for Batangas.* Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines set...
Senator Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero said on Saturday, April 1, that the latest version of the proposal seeking to create the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) has better chances of getting Senate approval following key changes in the bill. Escudero said he already signed the committee report...
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...
Caloocan struck from afar and toppled Zamboanga, 93-74, late Friday, March 24, in the OKBet-MPBL (Maharlika PIlipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season at the Caloocan Sports Complex. The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo drilled in 14 of 23 triple attempts for a 60.9 percent conversion and 42 points that...
The prosposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) and economic Charter change (Cha-cha). House Speaker Martin Romualdez highlighted these two "promising" measures during his speech Tuesday, March 21 at the luncheon meeting with ambassadors of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF)-member-countries...
Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto made a strong pitch Monday, March 13 for government to prioritize the construction of additional cold storage facilities that farmers could use to prolong the shelf life of their produce. For context, Recto, a deputy speaker, cited the government's willingness...
The Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) would be the alternative source of government financing once the Philippines becomes an upper-middle income economy, which disqualifies the country from less expensive development loans, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he believes the privatization of key government assets is a more logical source for the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Gatchalian said doing this would shield key financial institutions, particularly the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), from potential...
The prime mover of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) in Congress, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, has explained to businessmen how the misuse or abuse of the proposed Philippine sovereign wealth fund (SWF) will be avoided. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Romualdez did so in a...
Diwa C. Guinigundo (We are publishing the letter of former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Diwa C. Guinigundo to the senators on the Maharlika Investment Fund – Editor) Honorable Senators of the Republic: Thank you for allowing us to speak our minds on the Maharlika Investment Fund...
Senators on Wednesday, February 15 pressed state economic managers to provide the Senate more details on all the projects that would be funded by the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill. This, after senators noted the lack of business plan the Marcos administration has to pursue the MIF...
