Kiko Pangilinan

Press StatementMay 18, 2012As Senate Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, we laud the pronouncement of new Director General of the National Economic Development Authority Arsenio Balisacan that his focus will be on the agriculture sector in addressing sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. For us to reach

News ReleaseMay 17, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan calls on the Philippine National Police, the National Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Justice to quickly resolve the slaying of Atty Leonardo Jacinto Soriano, an arbiter for the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB).According to reports, Soriano was murdered in

News ReleaseMay 9, 2012Senator-judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan weighs in on impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona’s apparent decision to testify during his impeachment trial:“Perhaps they have come to realize that to ignore the public clamor, as well as the clamor of senator-judges for the Chief Justice to appear and explain his

News ReleaseMay 8, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, and Co-chairman of the Agriculture and Fisheries Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), renews his call for the government to look into the country’s agriculture and fisheries sector for generating employment,

News ReleaseMay 6, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, and Co-chairman of the Agriculture and Fisheries Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), calls on the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to “shore up the drive against rampant smuggling of agricultural products”

News ReleaseMay 6, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today urges voters to do their research this early in order for them to choose wisely in the 2013 midterm elections.“President Aquino has made tremendous headway in the fight against corruption, and has had to make hard decisions in doing so. We are

Press StatementMay 4, 2012For genuine change to happen, continuity and consistency in policy reforms on corruption and poverty alleviation are key. We need at least a decade and a half of such continuity and consistency if we are to truly reach developed-nation status in the year 2030, or less than

News ReleaseApril 30, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, a member of the Liberal Party, challenged partymates to “stay true to the reform agenda” set by the Aquino administration and include fresh names in the 2013 slate to “challenge ‘trapo’ politics and give progressive candidates a chance to serve the country.”“We dared

ABS-CBNNews.comApril 30, 2012Pangilinan suggests PNoy’s cousinMANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan challenged his partymates in the Liberal Party to bring in “fresh blood” to its 2013 slate to challenge traditional politics, or the so-called “trapo.”In a statement, Pangilinan said: “We dared to rock the vote and create change in