Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:34:40 +0000
Federalism critics may take advantage of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s opposition to federalism, Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 23:11:22 +0000
Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has rejected a proposal for the Senate to look into the allegations in a viral video claiming that President Rodrigo Duterte’s son and son-in-law were receiving millions of pesos from a drug syndicate, as seen in a document in the hands of a supposed former member of the group.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:34:49 +0000
He may be sharing the stage with Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos during the campaign, but Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III still thinks the Marcos martial law years were bad for the country.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 23:14:28 +0000
A group of sugar producers endorsed five reelectionist senators for supporting the group’s fight against deregulating sugar importation.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:21:44 +0000
A new law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last week hopes to elevate political discourse over the candidates’ cheap “vote-for-me” antics by specifying bigger discounts on political advertisements on TV, radio and print.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:43:58 +0000
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) dismissed the disqualification cases filed against Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel for “lack of merit.”
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:31:54 +0000
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III and former Sen. Serge Osmeña III may be on the list of official candidates for the May 2019 elections, but they can still be barred from running if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) rules against them in separate disqualification cases.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:05:15 +0000
Senator Koko Pimentel III is seeking a probe on the alleged “large-scale scam” in the awarding of infrastructure projects by the DPWH.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:35:05 +0000
The office of Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III spent more than P127.8 million, or about P350,000 a day, when he was still Senate President in 2017, according to a report by the Commission on Audit (COA).
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 23:22:50 +0000
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III on Saturday said the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act could be amended to slowly remove the increase in the excise on oil products.
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