MANILA, Philippines — It was hours past midnight when the Senate made the unsurprising move to approve the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund bill, asserting its commitment to pass the measure within its timeline prior to Congress' sine die adjournment on June 2. Voting 19-1-1, the Senate passed the proposed MIF Act, more than a week after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. certified it as urgent. Forgoing the constitutional requirement of a three-day period between the second and third reading is allowed for bills deemed urgent by the President.

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