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Solon pushes franchise for META, even as it commits to purge fake news

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel on Thursday proposed that Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, be required to obtain a congressional franchise...

Solon eyes link of ‘pastillas scam’ to Que murder

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel on Sunday called on the House Committee on Public Order and Safety to look into the Immigration records...

House hikes AFP budget to P45B

By Rio N. Araja and Macon Ramos-Araneta The House of Representatives has increased this year’s budget for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization...

Solon eyes PNP gunboats in Pag-asa Island

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel wants the Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP-MG)to deploy two of its newly acquired high-speed gunboats to the...

AFP modernization gets P40B fund

The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ modernization program (AFPMP) is assured to receive another P40 billion in fresh funding for the military’s capability-building procurement...

P1B set aside for victims of Marawi siege

At least P1 billion has been set aside to compensate residents of Marawi City in Lanao del Sur who lost private property during the...

Oath of office

House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez (left) administers the oath of office to (from right) Surigao Del Sur 2nd District Rep. Johnny...

Luzon faces potential power crisis—solon

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel has warned the Philippines can face a potential power crisis toward the end of the next president’s term,...

Offshore drill to assert EEZ rights

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel on Sunday said deep-water drilling in the Sampaguita gas field in Recto Bank is a move to assert the...

Government takeover of Malampaya a ‘foolish idea’–Rep. Pimentel

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said a proposed government takeover of Malampaya is ‘a foolish idea’ that will cost taxpayers $1 billion (P50...

‘Don’t use Malampaya for political grandstanding’

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel is urging senators seeking reelection not to engage in “political grandstanding” on the Malampaya gas field issue.  Shell Petroleum N.V...

Solon to DND: Fly commercial while C-130s unavailable

A senior member of Congress on Sunday urged the Department of National Defense (DND) to tap commercial airlines to fly soldiers pending the acquisition...

Pimentel proposal gets tough vs. prospective candidates

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel has filed a bill seeking to tag all politicians as “prospective candidates” prohibited from premature campaigning under pain...

Solon eyes P5B fund for dozen Navy forward operating bases

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, strategic intelligence committee chairperson, has filed a measure to earmark an initial P5 billion for the installation of...
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