President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will do a patriotic act if he vetoes the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Sunday, June 25. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko"...
Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) The performance of President Ferdinand ‘’Bonging’’ Marcos Jr. in the agriculture sector has slipped, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III claimed on Saturday, June 24. ‘'Sana talagang maka-appoint na ng secretary na full-time...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, June 22, condemned the alleged tampering of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill and warned that it raises serious questions about the constitutionality of the measure. “Today marks a sad day for the...
The proposal to allow non-board passers to practice nursing and grant them temporary licenses is a short-term solution, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Tuesday, June 20, said. Pimentel emphasized that the root causes of the shortage lie in the significant number of nurses...
“No problem with me.” “This will be a good humanitarian act on the part of the Philippines,’’ Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on the request of the United States to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. to allow Afghan refugees to temporarily stay in the country....
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday, June 13 urged the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) and the North Luzon Express (NLEX) Corporation to put on hold the provisional increase in toll rates saying the worsening traffic should be resolved first. This, after the TRB...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to pay attention to the serious concerns raised by economists and faculty members of the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) regarding the controversial...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday, June 8, said that the only viable course of action for Congress to fix some serious errors in the “hastily-approved” Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill is to recall its approval and bring it back to the plenary session for...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, June 7, warned that changing the words to "perfect" a bill that has been approved on third and final reading might amount to a crime. Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III during the plenary deliberations on the proposed Maharlika...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Monday, June 5, believes there is no room for interpretation on the provisions in the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, insisting that the Congress-approved final version strictly prohibits pension funds from being invested in the MIF. Villanueva said...
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 Senate minority bloc is pushing for an “iron-clad” provision in the Senate’s version of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act to guarantee that pension funds in the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) would not be compromised in the...
