Senator Imee Marcos said that with less than a month before May 9, 2022 elections, the shortcomings of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have put the integrity of the coming May 2022 elections under a cloud of doubt. This after Marcos chided the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for banning...
Senator Imee Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, has called for extended office hours at Philippine embassies and consulates to ensure that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) could cast their votes in this year’s national elections. Marcos...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday, April 6 exposed an alleged new "midnight deal" on sugar imports. In a statement, Marcos called on Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar to desist from signing a new order to import 350,000 metric tons of sugar. ‘’Agriculture is already an epic...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan on Saturday, April 2, denied Senator Imee Marcos’ accusations that the matter of her family’s P203-billion estate tax debt was a smear campaign against his brother, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., even though it has been 23 years since the Supreme Court ruled...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao has advised the Marcoses to just pay the estate taxes they owe to the government to put an end to the persistent issue. Pacquiao's response came after Senator Imee Marcos questioned on Friday, April 2 the timing of the supposed revival of her family's...
Senator Imee Marcos said her mother, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, has denied receiving a demand letter from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) asking her to settle the Marcos family’s supposed P203-billion estate tax liability. Nevertheless, the Marcos family’s lawyers are now...
Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, April 1 questioned the timing of the revival of her family’s estate tax issue and blamed dirty politics for it. The eldest daughter of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, however, emphasized that any debt owed to the government must be paid. Imee said her family...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday warned that late-night water rationing could extend into daytime and that drought could occur in lowland farms. Marcos noted dam water levels go down faster this summer and the level at Angat Dam—the main source of drinking water for Metro Manila and irrigation...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, March 24 bared that "many" individuals, "who initially did not want to serve in the government," have now expressed interest to be Cabinet members of a possible Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. administration. Imee said during the Pandesal Forum that "many are now...
Senator Imee Marcos, sister of frontrunning presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., is pushing for a "hybrid" election system, where votes will be counted not only electronically but also manually, to ensure integrity of the elections as well as to have "evidentiary requirements"...
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) Cusi faction Sec-Gen. Melvin Matibag brought up Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel Jr's campaign history during the 2019 senatorial midterm elections, wherein he ran alongside Senator Imee Marcos, sister to presidential bet Ferdinand...
Smartmatic, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) poll technology provider, should be wary of its employees and vet them carefully, senators on Sunday said. Sen. Imee Marcos, who chairs the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms, made the call after the panel’s discovery that a Smartmatic employee...