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Even after Congress has approved the bill creating the multibillion-peso Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), questions about its constitutionality remain, particularly on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s reason certifying it as urgent.
Anong emergency ang gustong matugunan nang madalian ng MIF? Ano ang itinuturing na pampublikong kalamidad o emergency? Emergency ba ang kahirapan? Narito ang apat na bagay na kailangan mong malaman.
Sa dami ng reklamo at agam-agam nina Pimentel at Escudero, e bakit wala sila no’ng oras na ng botohan?
If we are that poor, how come the government can still afford to fund the president’s overseas trips — 13 so far since July 2022 — with unnecessarily large delegations?
Feeling left out, some sectoral activists vented in protest in front of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon, May 31. Their placards say it all.
A YouTube video made a number of untrue claims about the purported wealth of the Marcos family and the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Below, VERA Files Fact Check debunks five false claims made in the video published Jan. 15 video by YouTube channel Filipino Future (created on Feb. 23, 2020). Claim #1 Claim Rating […]
In Davos, President Marcos will speak about the Maharlika Investment Fund. Imagine a thief who once deposited his family’s loot in Swiss bank accounts and who now wants the world to know that he is suddenly a beggar for investors’ money.
Sana lang hindi magpakatuta ang mga senador; protektahan nila ang kapakanan ng sambayanang Filipino. Alamin sa komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.
Kabilang sa mga unang nagpahayag ng mga reserbasyon sa panukalang Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, si Bangko Sentral Governor Felipe Medalla ay sumama sa iba pang economic managers sa pagsulong ng batas nito, na nagsasabing ito ay isang “sinubukan at nasubok” na investment vehicle for growth. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
Bangko Sentral Governor Felipe Medalla, who initially voiced reservations over the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, has joined other economic managers in pushing its legislation, saying it is a “tried and tested” investment vehicle for growth. This needs context.