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(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel is seeking the regulation of drones of private individuals. In filing Senate Bill No. 1098, which sets certain criteria for a private individual to be allowed to use drones, Pimentel noted that drones that are used for recreational and commercial purposes “might be exploited by terrorists, used to violate rights, or could pose a hazard to aircraft.” For this, he cited the drone attacks claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on two […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel condemned what he said was the act of abandonment by a Chinese vessel of 22 Filipino fishermen whose boat was sinking after a collision with the former. In a statement, Pimentel said under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), ” there is a general obligation to proceed to the assistance of ships in distress.” “No matter who was at fault, the crew of a sinking ship […]
(Eagle News)–PDP-Laban officials met with three contenders for the speakership who are also their partymates on Tuesday, June 11. Based on a picture shared by Ron Munsayac, chair of the party’s public information committee, Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, and Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales had dinner with Senator Koko Pimentel, PDP-Laban president; and Senator Manny Pacquiao in his house in Makati. Also seen in the picture was 1-Pacman party-list […]
(Eagle News)–Two quo warranto petitions have been filed against Senator Koko Pimentel, who was proclaimed as one of the winning senators in the May 13 polls. The petitions, which were each filed by Efren Adan and Reymar Mansilungan before the Senate Electoral Tribunal, aim to nullify Pimentel’s victory on the ground he was ineligible to run for the post in the first place. Adan and Mansilungan argued this was because Pimentel already served as senator […]
(Eagle News)—-Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio has filed a perjury complaint against Senator Koko Pimentel. The complaint filed before the Manila Prosecutors Office stemmed from the electoral sabotage case the senator filed against now Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and others in 2011. Topacio was Arroyo’s lawyer at that time. The filing took place even if the Pasay Regional Trial Court cleared Arroyo in 2008, granting her demurrer to evidence. Pimentel is seeking reelection in the May elections […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel has filed a bill seeking a ban on the importation of wastes into the country. In filing Senate Bill No. 2144, Pimentel noted that the Philippines was “well in the path” of being known as a country engaged in the “global waste trade” as evidenced by two incidents of trash dumping in 2017 and 2018. Pimentel also noted that China, formerly the top destination for recyclable trash, has banned the importation […]
(Eagle News)–Members of the ruling PDP-Laban party who were included in the narco-list may face expulsion. This is according to PDP-Laban president Senator Koko Pimentel, who issued a statement to this effect a day after President Rodrigo Duterte, PDP Laban chair, bared 46 names he said were engaged in drug-related activities. Pimentel said the expulsion would be meted out if their explanation was found “unsatisfactory.” “The party has no place for narco-politicians as well as […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections has junked the two disqualification cases filed against Senator Koko Pimentel, paving the way for him to run for a Senate seat unhampered in the May elections. In junking the cases filed by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio and former Rep. Glenn Chong against him, the Comelec ruled Pimentel’s term had been interrupted when Juan Miguel Zubiri served for four years as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 elections. It was […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel has filed a bill seeking to integrate the subject of computer science in the curriculum of the K to 12 program. In filing Senate Bill No. 2143, which seeks to include the subject in as early as the kindergarten level, Pimentel noted what he said was the inadequacy of the current enhanced basic education program to meet the needs of the times. “Our ranking in the 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Wednesday, Jan. 23, commended the Commission on Elections and the Philippine National Police for the successful conduct of Day 1 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. “Despite some untoward incidents and delays in the opening of polling precincts in Cotabato City, we can consider the BOL polls a huge success,” Pimentel said. On Jan. 21, the BOL plebiscite was held in areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Friday, Dec. 21, confirmed President Rodrigo Duterte indeed wants the Road Board abolished. According to Pimentel, the chief executive told this to him during Senator Manny Pacquiao’s 40th birthday celebration in General Santos. “..President Duterte called for me and told me in very categorical terms that ‘we should abolish the road board’,” Pimentel said. He said he told Duterte that the Senate, under Pimentel’s leadership then, already passed […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Friday, Nov. 23, hailed the government’s decision to call off the deployment of the Philippine Navy to Panatag Shoal in 2016, after the international tribunal ruling that invalidated China’s excessive claims in the West Philippine Sea. “For me it was a good call,” Pimentel said, after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the aborted plan prompted by President Rodrigo Duterte’s insistence the country employ a soft approach instead. According to […]
