Kiko Pangilinan

To raise rice farmers’ income, senatorial candidate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan urged the National Food Authority to raise the buying price of palay (unhusked rice). “I suggest that NFA raise its buying price from P17 to P19. This would help our farmers raise their standard of living,” he said. Rice farmers

The almost 40-percent poverty incidence among fisherfolk can be significantly reduced by modernizing fishing through eco-friendly technologies, post-harvest processing and storage facilities, and training, said senatorial re-electionist Francis Pangilinan Tuesday. In a dialogue with fisherfolk in Pangasinan, he said these would be performed by the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic

The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan should review the decision of its Fourth Division granting Janet Lim-Napoles and Masbate Governor Rizalina Seachon-Lanete P500,000 bail each for a plunder case involving the misuse of the latter’s pork barrel, senatorial re-electionist Francis Pangilinan said Wednesday. “The granted bail of P500,000 pales in comparison to the

Rural development and agricultural enterprise development can end armed conflict in the long term, senatorial re-electionist Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said in reaction to the ongoing military operations against Abu Sayyaf bandits in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, where a total of 24 brigands have been killed since April 9. He cited the case

The government should hire El Nino-stricken farmers in Tarlac to work on the 13.37-billion-peso  while they cannot tend to their dry farms, senatorial re-electionist Kiko Pangilinan said. “Habang naghihintay ang ating mga magsasaka ng paglipas ng El Nino para mabungkal na nila ang lupa, maiging magkaroon sila ng panandaliang trabaho

Government agencies with food needs like the Department of Social Welfare and Development for its feeding program should buy directly from farmers so that farmers will be assured of a sure market for their produce and a steady income for their families, re-electionist senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said. This type

Senatorial re-electionist Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Friday called on the more than 1.3 million registered overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to exercise their right to vote, which for them starts tomorrow, April 9. “April 9 is the start of the month-long overseas absentee voting for Filipinos overseas. It is also Araw

MANILA – To uplift the standard of living of Filipino coconut farmers, government must intervene and support them in crop diversification and in the use of other parts of the tree of life, senator re-electionist Francis Pangilinan said. “Eighty percent of the country’s 3.5 million hectares of coconut farmlands are

With agricultural losses due to El Nino now at Php5.3 billion, former Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (PAFSAM) Secretary Francis Pangilinan on Monday reiterated his call for President Aquino to declare a national state of calamity in areas ravaged by the abnormal weather pattern, particularly the 21 provinces in Mindanao. And