Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, January 31, said smugglers and other criminals guilty of large-scale agricultural sabotage, after years of evasion and bribery, should be clapped in jail for life. Marcos emphasized this after saying she is distraught about hearing smuggling allegations "knowing only...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. has ordered an investigation into the alleged harassment of local policemen in Pangasinan on onion farmers in the province. In a statement, Abalos directed the DILG Region 1 and DILG Pangasinan offices...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, January 19 called out the Philippine National Police (PNP) for harassing an onion farmer who recently testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform’s investigation. “Hands off lang po sa mga testigo ng Senado!” the sister of...
Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials should give premium on arresting big-time smugglers and not punishing ordinary Filipinos grappling with the soaring prices of agricultural products in the Philippines. Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito pointed this out on...
Birth pains. A period of adjustment. This was how Senator Imee Marcos described the current "confusion" at the military establishment on the return of General Andres Centino as the country’s Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff under a three-year hold over position based a law...
Senator Imee Marcos has asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to tap a neglected source of funding to increase the supply of onions that could be sold at P170 per kilo in Kadiwa outlets and rolling stores before the New Year. This, after Marcos called "pointless" the DA’s plan to raise the...
Senator Imee Marcos releases PinakBEST , a book on Ilocano cooking, with touches of politics, the Filipino diaspora, life in Malacañang, the Marcos exile years, and more WALA LANG The transformation of greens, moos, meees, and oinks to the pleasures of taste and wonders of sight is the subject of...
SEN. Marcos (FB) CEBU CITY – The bid of Bohol province to build a convention center received a major boost from Sen. Imee Marcos. Gov. Aris Aumentado announced that Marcos has given the province an initial fund of P50 million for the construction of the Bohol Convention Center. “We are thankful...
The Senate Committee on Social Justice Welfare and Rural Development has endorsed for plenary approval the measure seeking the establishment of a support fund for persons with disabilities or PWDs, for their empowerment and full inclusion in the community. Together with the Senate Committee on...
QUEZON -- Senator Imee Marcos has urged the young students here to engage in farming and be at the forefront of agriculture in the near future. Senator Imee Marcos greets residents in Lucena City as she distributed educational assistance and Noche Buena packages to Quezon and Batangas residents....
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, December 2 raised concerns that the proposed Maharlika wealth fund bill is nothing but a revival of the legacy left by the Martial Law dictatorship. “Makarinig lang ako ng salitang Maharlika, medyo nagkakaheebie-jeebies din ako diyan eh (Just hearing the word...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Friday, December 2 said he will ask a select group of senators to carefully study a bill at the House of Representatives seeking to create a Maharlika Investment Act "and give the Senate feedback on the essence of the Fund." Members of the group include...
