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The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban), the country’s ruling Party, celebrated its 36th anniversary at The Peninsula Manila in Makati City in an affair graced by some of the country’s highest officials. Senate President Koko Pimentel III, the Party’s President, along with Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, the Party’s Secretary […]
Members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) who are tagged in the drug list of party chairman, President Rodrigo Duterte, will be dealt with accordingly, Senate President Koko Pimentel III has stated. Pimentel, also the president of PDP-Laban, said his partymates who are named in the list will be suspended […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III welcomed the Senate’s unanimous approval of Senate Bill No. 1636 or the “Lifetime Cellphone Number Act,” saying the measure complements the Duterte Administration’s efforts to introduce a third player in the country to break the telecommunications duopoly “that has limited the options of Filipino consumers who are dissatisfied with the […]
Governor Esmael Mangudadatu of Maguindanao led a contingent of officials from the province and the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in joining the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) recently. With him were 20 ARMM Assemblymen led by their speaker, Ronnie Sinsuat, Maguindanao vice-governor Lester Sinsuat, 12 board members, 26 mayors, […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III asked Filipinos to help reduce the incidence of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases by taking simple preventive measures recommended by the Department of Health (DOH). Mosquitoes are vectors for diseases such as dengue, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis. Simply cleaning our immediate surroundings and removing objects where water can collect and […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III recently asked the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to consider courses of action other than destroying smuggled luxury cars. Pimentel raised the question following the public destruction of about 30 smuggled luxury cars during the 166th Founding Anniversary celebrations of BOC. “Unlike cigarettes or drugs, which have no good intrinsic value […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III said that the time was ripe to revisit the country’s sexual harassment laws and increase the penalties provided by statute “both as a deterrent, and as proof of government’s unwavering commitment to protecting and upholding gender rights.” “Republic Act 9262, the Violence Against Women and Children Law was passed in […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III lauded reigning world super-flyweight boxing champion and fellow Mindanaoan Jerwin Ancajas following the latter’s successful title defense recently. The 26-year old Ancajas, who was born and raised in Panabo City, Davao del Norte, dominated Mexican challenger Israel Gonzalez, winning via a tenth-round knockout to retain his International Boxing Federation (IBF) […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III demanded that Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stocks Co., which supplied 48 light rail coaches for P3.8-billion to the MRT-3, refund the government for the full cost of the contract. Pimentel also said that the manufacturer should likewise be blacklisted from all future contracts with the government. Cancelling the contract and […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III recently called on government agencies with jurisdiction over traffic to strictly implement all Philippine laws relating to motorcycle safety. A study conducted jointly in 2017 by the University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning and the National Center for Transportation Studies found that existing motorcycle safety laws […]