Tag: Koko Pimentel

Pimentel bares individuals being eyed for inclusion in PDP-Laban senatorial ticket for 2019

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Koko Pimentel on Thursday, April 19, released a list of individuals being considered for the senatorial ticket of ruling party PDP-Laban for the 2019 midterm elections. Among those being considered, Pimentel said, were re-electionist Senators Sonny Angara, Grace Poe, Cynthia Villar, JV Ejercito and Nancy Binay. Also being considered were Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Reps. Ace Barbers, Albie Benitez, Carlo Nograles, Geraldine Roman, Rey Umali and Pia Cayetano. […]

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Pimentel on Filibeck deportation: Foreigners are “not above our laws”

(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Tuesday, April 17, expressed support for the government’s decision to deport European Union socialist party official Giacomo Filibeck, saying foreigners in general were not exempt from the laws of the country. “There is a law here in the Philippines (and this is also generally the rule in many countries) that foreigners are not allowed to meddle in our internal politics/political matters…These foreigners who come here should not […]

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Pimentel wants political ad placement rates slashed to prevent emergence of corrupt elected politicians

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III wants the rates of political ad placements in traditional media slashed by up to 50 percent In a statement, Pimentel said this was to prevent elected politicians from engaging in corrupt activities. “The reason we have campaign spending limits is due to the temptation for corruption generated by excessive expenses during a campaign. Some politicians think it entitles them to ‘recoup’ their ‘investment’ using […]

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Pimentel bares own list of possible PDP-Laban senatorial bets for 2019 polls

(Eagle News)–Senate President Koko Pimentel on Sunday bared his own senatorial bets for the 2019 elections. In announcing the inclusion of Senators JV Ejercito, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay and Grace Poe in a possible PDP-Laban senatorial ticket, Pimentel appeared to have taken heed of Ejercito’s earlier complaint members of the Senate majority were left out of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s own lineup. Alvarez, PDP-Laban secretary general, had said possibly included in a PDP-Laban list […]

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De Lima to ask court for permission to attend impeachment proceedings in Senate if they push through

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Detained Senator Leila de Lima will ask a court that she be allowed to attend impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in the Senate if the House justice panel votes there is probable cause for lawyer Larry Gadon’s complaint. “I am certain that the Senate President, as a leading member of the ruling party, is quite aware that it is absolutely critical that members of the minority, […]

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Senate President Pimentel says he sees no reason to postpone SK, barangay elections anew

(Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Monday said he sees no reason to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls slated in May. Pimentel made the pronouncement after Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali and Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel filed separate bills seeking the postponement of these elections. Umali said the polls should be held in May 2019, while the Surigao del Sur representative said they should be held in October […]

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Pimentel: Smuggled luxury cars can be auctioned off to “serious car collectors” abroad instead

(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Thursday suggested that smuggled luxury cars be auctioned off to “serious car collectors” abroad rather than be destroyed. In a statement, Pimentel said that unlike cigarettes and drugs, “cars and other manufactured items have economic value, and luxury cars particularly have great value to serious car collectors.” “In the manufacture of these luxury cars, a lot of energy has been expended, which I am sure has contributed […]

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Pimentel rejects Trillanes’ renewed bid for probe into President Duterte’s, Sara Duterte’s “bank accounts”

If this is to “make the issue land in the news,” it’s a “tragic waste of time,” Pimentel says By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Koko Pimentel has denied Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s renewed bid to look into the “bank accounts” of President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter, Sara, a statement that did not suit well with the former Navy officer. “The Senate is not the body for that. We are part of […]

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Pimentel: Dalian should refund P3.5 billion gov’t spent for 48 defective MRT coaches

Company should also be blacklisted from gov’t, Pimentel says (Eagle News)– China’s Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stocks Co. should refund the full P3.8 billion  the government spent for the 48 light rail vehicles of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said in a statement on Saturday that the company should also be blacklisted from all future contracts with the government. “Cancelling the contract and returning the coaches is not enough,” Pimentel said. […]

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Senate, House shift focus in Cha-Cha debate in bid to move forward

Structure of gov’t now up for discussion; discussion on manner of voting amendments put on hold   (Eagle News) — The Senate and the House of Representatives have apparently found a way to move forward with Charter Change. This was after the Senate President Koko Pimentel and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez agreed to “shift the focus” of discussion from the manner of voting proposed amendments to the Constitution to other issues. Both Pimentel and Alvarez […]

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Pimentel shrugs off criticisms Senate was “slow” in passing laws last year; “Quality over quantity,” he says

(Eagle News)– Quality over quantity. Responding to criticisms the Senate passed only a few laws last year, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday night said the Upper House of Congress was after “quality not quantity” in the first place. “Let us not judge lawmaking in terms of number of laws passed but in terms of how the laws we pass the quality of life on Earth in general and of Filipinos in particular,” he […]

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Senate President Pimentel dismisses Alvarez’s claim of possible no-el scenario in 2019 if federalism pushes through this year

(Eagle News)– Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday dismissed House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s claims of a possible no-election scenario in 2019 if the proposed shift to federalism pushes through this year. In a statement, Pimentel said “we can shift to federalism and allow all scheduled elections under the present Constitution to go on and be held.” “What is important are the transitory provisions which will govern the terms and duties of those elected in […]

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