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(Eagle News) — Former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr., was laid to rest on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Heritage Park in Taguig City. The interment was streamed online live via the Facebook page of Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, the eldest son of the late Senate President. The late senator was given final honors before he was laid to rest at the Heritage Park. Considered as the “father of the Local Government […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is now back in the Philippines after cutting short his Japan trip due to “unbearable pain in his spinal column near the pelvic bone.” But the President, who had sustained the condition following a motorcycle fall on Oct. 17, went straight to the wake of former Senate President Nene Pimentel in Heritage Park in Taguig on Tuesday night instead. Pimentel, father of Senator Koko Pimentel, passed away over the weekend, after […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate is expected to pay tribute to the deceased former Senate President Nene Pimentel on Wednesday, Oct. 23. In a statement, the Senate said during the event, Senate President Tito Sotto will present a resolution to Pimentel’s family, expressing the Senate’s sympathy and condolence over the former Senate President’s passing. A public viewing will also be held, after which the Senate will host an early lunch for the late senator’s family and relatives. […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government mourned the passing of former Senate President Nene Pimentel, whom it called “one of the country’s greatest political figures.” In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año noted the contributions of Pimentel, who it said was also “former Minister/Secretary of Local Government under the Cory Aquino administration.” Año noted Pimentel was the principal author of the Republic Act 7160 or The Local Government Code of 1991 that […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Sunday, Oct. 20, thanked former Senate President Nene Pimentel for his contributions to nation-building, as it expressed its condolences to his bereaved kin. “He would forever be etched in our history as a giant among his peers who championed democracy and electoral reform and a visionary who espoused devolution of powers and strong local governance,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo noted Pimentel’s enactment of the Local Government Code of 1991, […]
(Eagle News)–Senators mourned the death of former Senate President Nene Pimentel, who passed away after battling lymphoma and pneumonia on Sunday, Oct. 20. “My family and I bereave this very sad news. I feel like I lost a close relative and not just a friend. I was his majority leader when he was Senate President and we were very close. He was my idol!” Senate President Tito Sotto said. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Pimentel “lived […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senate President Nene Pimentel is “very ill,” his family said on Monday, Oct. 14. In a statement, the family of Pimentel said he was “currently under treatment.” They did not say, however, what his sickness was. “Doctors and hospital staff are doing their best to help him,” the Pimentel family said. “We ardently ask that you join us in prayer for his full and complete recovery,” they added. Pimentel served as Senate President […]
