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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has filed a bill seeking to establish modern shoe manufacturing hubs across the country, with Marikina City—dubbed the Shoe Capital of the Philippines—hosting the pilot facility. Sen. Aqulino “Koko” Pimentel III (MB File Photo) ...

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has called for more state support for the country’s shoe industry amid the constant competition with foreign footwear products.    Pimentel made the call as he called for a revival of the struggling Marikina shoe industry, that has...