- Sun May 4 17:09:10 2008 PST - P100 BILLION EQUALIZATION FUND TO BE CREATED UNDER PROPOSED FEDERAL SYSTEM
A P100 billion Federal Equalization Fund will be created under the proposed federal system of government to assist “poor” or less developed component states and enable them to catch up with economically advanced states.
- Sat May 3 17:04:33 2008 PST - PIMENTEL ALLAYS FEARS THAT FEDERALISM MAY CAUSE BREAKUP OF THE REPUBLIC
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) today allayed apprehensions that the adoption of a federal system of government may cause the breakup or “Balkanization” of the Republic of the Philippines.
- Thu May 1 17:01:27 2008 PST - WORKERS SHOULD GET THEIR DUE SHARE OF COMPANY PROFITS -- PIMENTEL
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged profitable business firms in the private sector to take the initiative for raising the compensation of their workers without waiting for the wage hike order of the government.
- Thu May 1 16:58:31 2008 PST - GMA URGED TO DENOUNCE REFERENDUM ON BURMA’S CONSTITUTION
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to denounce the “sham referendum” on the new Constitution of Burma on May 10 that will enable the ruling military junta to keep itself in power.
- Tue Apr 29 16:52:37 2008 PST - BLOC VOTING FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT PROPOSED
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) is batting for the adoption of bloc voting as a mode for electing the President and Vice President of the republic.
- Mon Apr 28 16:46:18 2008 PST - SENATORS WILL NO LONGER BE ELECTED ON NATIONWIDE BASIS UNDER FEDERAL SYSTEM
Members of the Senate will no longer be elected on a nationwide basis under a federal system of government proposed by Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. and backed by 11 other senators.
- Sun Apr 27 12:08:15 2008 PST - LIKE MISUARI, TRILLANES SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO BAIL -- PIMENTEL
Like Muslim rebel chieftain Nur Misuari, Senator and Magdalo leader Antonio Trillanes should be granted bail and temporarily freed from detention, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. said yesterday.
- Sun Apr 27 12:02:09 2008 PST - PRESIDENTIAL FORM TO BE RETAINED UNDER FEDERALISM PROPOSAL
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) today clarified that the presidential form of government will be retained under the proposal to federalize the country contained in a joint congressional resolution he has filed and supported by 11 other senators.
- Fri Apr 25 11:58:36 2008 PST - GMA URGED TO DROP HARASSMENT SUIT AGAINST ARCHBISHOP CRUZ
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to drop her government’s libel case against Archbishop Oscar Cruz of the Archdiocese of Lingayen and Dagupan to spare her from criticisms that she continues to pursue a policy of vindictiveness against her critics.
- Thu Apr 24 11:55:18 2008 PST - CASES OF TRILLANES AND FOUR PARTY-LIST CONGRESSMEN TAKEN UP AT IPU ASSEMBLY
The continuing detention of Senator Antonio Trillanes and the “new acts of harassment” against four party-list congressmen are now being looked into by the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CHRP) of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
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