Marcos to sign bill for Maharlika investment Fund ‘soon’

Bongbong

MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, June 22 that he plans to sign the bill creating the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) as soon as he receives it.

The proposed measure needs the signature of the President in order for it to become a law.

“I will sign it as soon as I get it,” Marcos said in an interview in Makati City.

Marcos did not directly say whether he is happy with the current Maharlika bill, but he noted that the revisions were for financial security.

“Am I happy? Well, it is the version that the House and the Senate passed and we will certainly look into all the changes that have been made, and I think most of the changes that were proposed and eventually adopted really had to do with the safety and security of people’s pension funds,” he said.

The president said he had monitored discussions of the MIF, and acknowledged that there are causes for concern.

“Certainly, sometimes I have been watching the discussions that have been going on with the Maharlika

A PUBLICUS Asia survey said former president Rodrigo Duterte was the leading Senate candidate for the 2025 midterm elections.

In its second quarter Pahayag poll, Duterte got a 51 percent positivity rate among respondents, a slight dip from the 55 percent he received in the first quarter.

Despite the lower number, PUBLiCUS said Duterte remained a prominent and unwavering frontrunner.

Running second was cardiologist and YouTube personality Dr. Willie Ong, followed by former Social Welfare secretary and ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo, with

44 percent each.

Ong first ran for senator during the 2019 Senate election but lost. He was also a candidate for vice president last year as the running mate of former Manila mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso.

Ong's 44-percent rating was lower than the 49 percent he received in the previous survey.

PUBLiCUS said Tulfo gained significant momentum, securing a strong position in the second to third spot.

Re-electionist senators Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go and Maria Josefa Imelda "Imee" Marcos round out the top five with 39 percent each.

Included in the "Magic 12"