Pimentel on PDP-Laban leadership change: It’s all up to party members

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:34:38 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Amid rumors of a change in leadership within the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party, its president, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, on Wednesday night said the decision still depends on its members. 

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Pacquiao: ‘No problem’ if I become PDP-Laban president

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:17:16 +0000

Pacquiao: ‘No problem’ if I become PDP-Laban president

Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday night said he would have “no problem” with being elected as president of ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) if a leadership change should happen.

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‘I don’t like it, but it happens’ – Pimentel on party switching

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 17:02:44 +0000

‘I don’t like it, but it happens’ – Pimentel on party switching

Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III may not like the idea of party switching, but he also accepts that commonly happens in the political sphere in the Philippines.

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Amid reports some of its members jumping ship, PDP-Laban holds victory party for Pacquiao

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 12:54:47 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on Wednesday night hosted a victory party for Senator Manny Pacquiao over his recent win against American boxer Keith Thurman. Among those present at the party were Pacquiao, party president Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, and neophyte senators Francis Tolentino and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. […]

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Pacquiao to announce PDP-Laban bet for speakership – Pimentel

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:51:07 +0000

Manny Pacquiao - Aquilino Pimentel III - others

MANILA, Philippines — The leaders of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) have given Sen. Manny Pacquiao the task of announcing the ruling party’s official contender for the speakership race in the House after an agreed-upon process. Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, the PDP-Laban president, bared this after their Tuesday dinner-meeting with former Davao del […]

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Gatchalian, Pimentel want Sotto to stay as Senate President

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 08:12:18 +0000

Gatchalian, Pimentel want Sotto to stay as Senate President

Senate President Vicente Sotto III should retain his post as the 18th Congress opens on July this year, two senators said on Saturday.

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PDP-Laban set to regain speakership

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 21:29:18 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), President Rodrigo Duterte’s political party, will again flex its political muscles to regain the speakership in the House of Representatives, PDP-Laban president Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Sunday.

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Supermajority seen — but not that smooth for Duterte agenda

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 21:32:01 +0000

Supermajority seen — but not that smooth for Duterte agenda

With their sweep of the latest surveys, administration candidates appear poised to dominate the Senate race

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PDP-Laban campaign ‘reasonable, successful,’ says Pimentel

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 09:44:22 +0000

Duterte PDP-Laban Campaign Rally in Biñan City

The campaign of the administration senatorial slate, though far from perfect, has turned out to be “reasonable” and “successful,” according to re-electionist Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III.

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Koko Pimentel vows to continue bridging Christians and Muslims

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 05:39:34 +0000

Koko Pimentel vows to continue bridging Christians and Muslims

As a Christian senator representing Mindanao, former Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III repeatedly supported the right of Muslims to practice their faith.

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