For Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, paid signatures for the People's Initiative (PI) calling for an amendment to the 1987 Constitution are not valid. "Kung ang mga pirma ay binayaran, or mayroong compensation o may kapalit na mahalagang materyal or pwedeng pangako, para...
The United States Embassy in Manila on Thursday, Jan. 11, confirmed the current presence of a US commercial tanker in the Philippines, which Senator Imee Marcos believed to be transferring 39 million gallons of fuel from a US military facility to the country. "We can confirm that the Yosemite...
Sen. Imee Marcos has filed a resolution directing the appropriate Senate Committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation into the efficacy of Republic Act No. 6735 in providing for a system of initiative and referendum as a means to amend to the existing Charter. In filing Senate Resolution...
Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (left), Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook) Deputy Majority Leader Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez has said that there was "no truth" to the claim that House of Representatives members have been offered P20 million...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday, January 10 criticized the “inexplicable silence” of the Philippine and United States (US) government regarding the shipment of 39 million gallons of fuel from Pearl Harbor to Subic Bay Freeport. Marcos said the Department of National Defense (DND)...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, January 9 said she remains unconvinced over proposals that investing part of the Maharlika Fund in the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) would be the best way to solve the country’s power transmission problems. Marcos pointed out...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday, January 9 stressed the need to investigate the alleged payment of P100 in exchange of a signature for the people’s initiative in order for attempts to amend the Constitution to gain ground in Congress. Pimentel made the...
Sen. Imee Marcos said on Monday, Jan. 8 that potential suppliers of the critical automated election system (AES) for the May 2025 polls must be pristine and free from any blemish. "Time is of the essence for Commission on Elections (Comelec) to secure the lease of the automated counting system...
Sen. Imee Marcos believes there's nothing wrong if President Marcos will heed the advice from former president Rodrigo Duterte should the two decide to talk. "Walang masamang makinig sa mabuting payo, lalut galing sa dating pangulo (There's nothing wrong with listening to good advice, especially if...
Sen. Imee Marcos believes that relying on importation and lowering tariffs on meat, rice, and corn are not sustainable policies to keep food prices low. In a statement, Marcos said that when the tariffs on meat, rice, and corn were first lowered in 2021, the promise was to lower the prices of these...
Sen. Imee Marcos called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to revoke its "deadly deadlines" for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) which according to her, has fallen short of compliance since 2017. In a statement on Thursday, Dec. 28, Marcos said there is a need to...
Senator Imee Marcos believes that the current administration should strengthen the implementation of former president Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order (EO) No. 28, which sought to regulate and control the use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices. Marcos made the remark on...
