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THREAD: The ₱1 increase in jeepney base fare takes effect today.

And two senators are forging the Senate minority bloc. How can the Senate maintain its independence under a Marcos presidency?

@iampinkywebb speaks to @senkokopimentel on #TheSource | LIVE cnn.ph/3aDfdFg

@senkokopimentel Pimentel on ₱1 hike in jeepney fare in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa: I support anything to help struggling workers. Drivers should give immediate feedback on fare hike.

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@senkokopimentel Pimentel: LTFRB should've been more sensitive to drivers' concerns

@senkokopimentel Pimentel to LTFRB: Be more responsive, proactive, and sensitive to drivers' concerns. Don't wait for formal petitions.

@senkokopimentel Pimentel says transport agencies may adopt a graduated fare scale

@senkokopimentel Pimentel to LTFRB: Yung mga nakausap kong tricycle driver sa Marikina, hindi pa sila nakakatanggap na ayuda for the transportation sector

@senkokopimentel Pimentel reiterates: Government should temporarily suspend excise taxes on fuel

@senkokopimentel Pimentel suggests studying to let go of excise taxes, VAT to ease transport costs

@senkokopimentel Pimentel says he supports reopening Pharmally probe: Sen. Risa Hontiveros has a plan to revive the issue. I think that can be done. But we can't predict the action of the chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee.

@senkokopimentel Pimentel: BIR should explain unsettled accounts of estates

@senkokopimentel Pimentel says he will refile a resolution on BIR failure to collect Marcos estate tax

@senkokopimentel Pimentel: It's easy to organize the minority because we're very few. Being optimistic, the minority can still consist of Risa Hontiveros, Pia and Alan Cayetano, Chiz Escudero, and myself.

@senkokopimentel Pimentel: Sen. Hontiveros said she will nominate me as minority leader

@senkokopimentel Pimentel on Cabinet members of incoming Marcos administration: We'll be concerned about all of them. Being in the minority, that's our role.

@senkokopimentel Pimentel on Cabinet members of incoming Marcos administration: Whatever concern we have will be divulged during the hearing of the Commission on Appointments