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Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III filed a measure on February 17 declaring January 23 as a special working holiday in commemoration of the First Philippine Republic and the founding of the Malolos Congress. The First Republic was inaugurated at Barasoain Church, Malolos, Bulacan on January 23, 1899, after the success of the Philippine Revolution. […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III filed a bill for mandatory training of Filipino college students for their possible mobilization in the service of the nation during times of emergencies and contingencies in the form of natural and man-made calamities and external and internal security threats. Senate Bill 1322, filed by Pimentel on February 9, […]
With the Senate now conducting hearings on Senate Bill No. 1302, which seeks to extend the legislative franchise of Smart, the wireless subsidiary of PLDT, Inc., Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is urging the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to step in and direct the country’s telcos to adopt Mobile Number Portabilty (MNP) to spur […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III wants to bolster the police’s crime-fighting capabilities and discipline among the ranks through a “Balikatan-type” agreement with countries known to have advanced crime-solving and -fighting techniques. Pimentel, in a press statement today, did not rule out the United States, but said the annual military exercises between the US and […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III today called for an immediate stop to Camp Crame’s practice of re-assigning erring policemen to Mindanao, because “the South is deserving of honest and disciplined lawmen like the rest of the country.” Pimentel said the Philippine National Police (PNP) should file administrative cases against the erring lawmen so that […]
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, author of the NBI Modernization law, said the National Bureau of Investigation is “squandering a precious opportunity” to become an “effective, modern, and competent investigative body” as envisioned in the law he sponsored modernizing the agency. The involvement of ranking NBI officials in the kidnap-slay of Korean businessman Jee […]