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ABOLISH TRAVEL TAX – PIMENTEL

Senator Koko Pimentel III has filed a bill seeking to abolish the 42-year-old presidential decree that imposes a travel tax on Filipinos traveling abroad. The repeal of the travel tax, especially for travels to countries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), should have been in effect as early as Nov. 2002, following the […]

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HNP SENATORIABLES’ ADVOCACIES TO UPLIFT BICOLANOS – GARBIN

Some 5,000 Albayanos welcomed senatorial candidates being endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) regional party during their campaign sortie at the Albay Astrodome in Legazpi City. Ako Bikol (AKB) party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin welcomed the candidates and solicited the support of city residents for the administration bets, whose advocacies, he said, will bring more […]

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USE YOUR ‘KOKOTE’ VOTE FOR PIMENTEL – SARA DUTERTE

Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Monday called on voters to use their “kokote” and vote for PDP-Laban President Koko Pimentel III, referring to the senator as the brains of her father, President Rodrigo Duterte at the Senate. Speaking at the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) rally in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, the the Davao mayor quoted the […]

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PIMENTEL TO COMELEC: RESOLVE DISQUALIFICATION CASES IMMEDIATELY

Senator Koko Pimentel III has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to immediately resolve the disqualification cases filed against him in connection with his candidacy in the May 2019 polls. “It is to the benefit of the people that these cases be resolved immediately. Or else, votes may be put to waste come the elections,” […]

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BABE

This is just another one of those love stories. Or is it not? One night in late May of 2013, there was a victory party in celebration of the recent election of Koko Pimentel as a Senator. Kath Yu, then working as a Chef, was not invited to this party. She was, however, asked to […]

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KOKO, SARA DUTERTE, BONG GO TOP PARTY SENATORIAL SURVEY – PDP-LABAN

Senator Koko Pimentel III topped the senatorial slate of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go statistically tied at second place. Pimentel, Mayor Duterte and Go were ranked as the “top three” in a survey conducted among 184 party […]

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INCREASED BANK TRANSACTION FEES ILL-ADVISED, ILL-TIMED – PIMENTEL

Senator Aquilino Koko Pimentel III questioned the “wisdom and timing” of a leading banking institution’s announcement to impose new and increased fees on numerous customer transactions, calling the move “an uncaring corporate act to milk more money from the bank’s own customers.” The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), the third largest bank in the […]

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FINALIZE TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THIRD TELCO BEFORE SONA – PIMENTEL

Senate Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairperson Koko Pimentel III on Thursday urged members of the Oversight Committee for the Entry of a New Major Player in the Public Telecommunications Market to “hammer out their differences” and finalize the terms of reference (TOR) for the entry of a third telco provider before the President’s State […]

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REDUCE PLASTIC USE – PIMENTEL

Senator Koko Pimentel III asked Filipinos to consider reducing their use of plastic as the world observes World Oceans Day on Friday, June 8. A 2015 Ocean Conservancy report said that more than half of the 8 million metric tons of plastic waste dumped into the oceans every year comes from countries: China, Indonesia, the […]

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KOKO PIMENTEL IS THE FATHER OF THE MODERNIZED NBI – NBI DIRECTOR

Senator Koko Pimentel III recently joined the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in its flag-raising ceremony at its headquarters in Manila. In his message, NBI Director Dante Gierran referred to Pimentel as “the father of the modernized NBI” for his role in passing Republic Act No. 10867, or the NBI Modernization and Reorganization Act, during […]