State economic managers should make sure that the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) would be well-accounted for by making sure that all safeguards under the bill would be enforced thoroughly. Go made the call following Congress' approval of the MIF bill. The bill is now up President Ferdinand...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III called on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. to veto the recently passed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill and return it to Congress for rectification. “The bill, in its current form, is not acceptable. I am calling on the...
The proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act has just been approved by both chambers of Congress and a copy of the enrolled bill will now be sent to Malacañan Palace for President Marcos’ signature. Being a Palace-certified measure, it is expected to be signed into law in a couple of weeks...
Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay on Thursday, June 1 expressed grave concerns over Congress’ approval of the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, saying she hopes its passage into law won’t drag the whole country down into the great “unknown.” ...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. cannot veto portions of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act that he doesn’t approve of, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Thursday, June 1. Gatchalian said the right course would be for the President to remand the bill back to...
Months after meeting in Tokyo, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has expressed interest in the newly-passed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. *COURTESY CALL - President Marcos meets with officials from the Japan Bank for...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has adopted the Senate's Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill as an amendment to its own version of the measure. Assistant Majority Leader and Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Suansing made the motion for...
The Senate on Wednesday (May 31) approved the bicameral conference committee report on the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill which President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is thankful that the House of Representatives...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) The House of Representatives decided to adopt the Senate's version of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill in a bid to hasten the crafting of its implementing rules and regulations (IRR). Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, chairman...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the government has no intention of using state pension funds as seed fund for the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel B. Pabalate) Marcos expressed agreement on one of the amendments to the bill that...
To make sure ordinary Filipinos understand the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund Act, Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla pushed for a Filipino translation of the measure and its related documents. Padilla, an advocate for the use of Filipino as a medium of official communication, made the...
The House leadership has named the chamber's contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee hearing on the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), or Philippine sovereign wealth fund. The group is composed of Manila 5th district Rep. Irwin Tieng, chairman of the Committee on Banks and Financial...
