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DECONGEST NAIA, DEVELOP CLARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT– PIMENTEL

Senator Koko Pimentel III has renewed and reiterated his two-year call to “go full blast” with the development of other air transport hubs such as the Clark International Airport after a recent landing mishap of an international carrier at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) led to delays and cancellations of local and foreign flights. […]

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DAVAO CITY MAYOR DUTERTE SHOULD RUN FOR SENATE – PIMENTEL

Now that “federalism is an uphill climb,” Senator Koko Pimentel III said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte should seek a Senate seat in next year’s midterm elections for Mindanao to have a greater Senate representation. In asking Sara to run, Pimentel said the Senate presence of the daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte will give Mindanao […]

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PIMENTEL TO DUTERTE: APPOINT A NEW DSWD SECRETARY

Amid the mass evacuation of nearly 200,000 residents from flooded low-lying areas in Luzon, Senator Koko Pimentel III is urging President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint a new secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Pimentel said the government’s flagship poverty-alleviation program, which has a budget of P89 billion for 2018, “needs a […]