Kiko Pangilinan

“Binabati natin ang Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) sa pag-apruba ng Emergency Procurement sa ilalim ng Bayanihan To Heal As One Act, lalo na Section 6 tungkol sa direktang pagbili mula sa mga magsasaka.

Pasko ng Pagkabuhay ngayon pagkatapos ng anim na linggo ng Kwaresma, ng pagninilay, ng sakripisyo. Sa panahon ng COVID-19, mas tumitingkad ang mensahe ng Easter — pag-asa na makakaalpas din tayo sa kumakalat na sakit at sa pagtigil ng nakagawian. Hope that we will overcome the pandemic and the halt

Parang mas matagal ang Biyernes Santo at Semana Santa ngayong may COVID-19. Mag-iisang buwan na tayong nakakulong sa ating mga bahay. Ang ilang mag-isa, may mga kasama ang pamilya. May mga front-liner na buwis-buhay sa pagbibigay serbisyo. May mga may sakit, walang sahod, walang hanapbuhay.

“Today, April 9, is both Day of Valor and Maundy Thursday. It is both a celebration of those who collectively defended our freedom and fought for our better future, and a reminder that leadership is about service.

“Sa second President’s report, mas nagkakaroon na ng linaw ang ginagawa ng ating mga magigiting na public servants para ipatupad ang Bayanihan Act. Meron ng mga figures ang nai-download na pera para sa social amelioration package; ang bilang ng mga sundalo nating health workers na pwedeng tumugon sa pandemyang ito;

“Sinusuportahan natin ang mga rekomendasyon ng epidemiological at disaster experts na i-extend pa ang enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) nang dalawang linggo sa NCR. Pero kailangang malinaw na pinalawak (expanded) din ang testing at masinsinan (intensive) ang pagtatalaga o pagtatayo ng mga mass isolation centers para maiwasan ang paglaganap ng COVID-19.

“Our people want the country’s leadership to provide solutions that will defeat the virus, protect them, and address the hunger now facing millions — not insults and threats. We stand behind human rights lawyer Jose ‘Chel’ Diokno and his defense of people who have approached him after being summoned for

“We are outraged by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission’s plan to investigate Vice President Leni Robredo just because her efforts to extend assistance to Filipino families struggling to make both ends meet during this national crisis may embarrass the government. When has helping people become a crime? Is it a crime

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senator Francis Pangilinan and Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros lambasted Thursday politicians who are exploiting the situation to advance their political agenda, saying that the 2022 presidential campaign is obviously getting in the way, leaving millions of vulnerable and low-income Filipino families unassisted.    “It is not