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Green storage plant launched
Jess MalabananManila Standard TodayMarch 30, 2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The country’s first green energy cold plant was launched on Friday to serve Pampanga and the central and northern Luzon.“We are the first in Central Luzon and in the country,” said Alfredo Lagman Jr., president and chief executive, of ALMA

Kiko: Support system for fisherfolk needed to counter effects of Red Tide
Press ReleaseMarch 25, 2012Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, calls on the Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and local governments to develop support mechanisms for fisherfolk whose incomes are drastically affected by red tide.Pangilinan makes

Impeachment 101 (3rd page)
Go back to the 2nd page DAY 31: March 19, 2012 Related News: Enrile questions relevance of testimonies of 2 defense witnesses (Inquirer.net) Corona’s late declaration of posh condo ‘absolutely ridiculous’(GMA News Online) Senator Santiago spells out winning tacks for prosecution, defense (Inquirer.net) Day 31

Pangilinan questions SC for allowing employee testify in favor of CJ
Zambo TimesMarch 14, 2012MANILA — Senator-judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan questioned on Tuesday the Supreme Court (SC) for allowing SC chief judicial staff officer Arceli Bayuga to testify for the defense despite SC ruling barring its employees to appear before the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.”She was the witness

Kiko rues SC decision on impeachment witnesses
ABS-CBNews.comMarch 13, 2012MANILA, Philippines – Senator-Judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has expressed concern over the Supreme Court’s decision to choose who among the high court’s employees may appear in the impeachment court.”We now have an issue where the Supreme Court, whose Chief Justice is on trial in the impeachment court, can

Kiko takes exception to SC’s decision on who may and may not appear in the impeachment court
Press ReleaseMarch 13, 2012Senator-Judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan manifests in the impeachment court that he is wary of the Supreme Court’s arbitrary selection of witnesses it allows to appear in the impeachment court.“We now have an issue where the Supreme Court, whose Chief Justice is on trial in the impeachment court,

Empowering women in agriculture
The Philippine StarMarch 11, 2012MANILA, Philippines – On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan, chair of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, calls for more investments and public-private partnerships directed at empowering women in the agricultural sector.“Experience across different

Solon calls for more assistance for women in agriculture
Ruben “Jun” CruzBusiness MirrorMarch 8, 2012THE government should consider launching public-private partnership (PPP) projects that will enable women in the agricultural sector to contribute more in their families’ finances, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said.Pangilinan who chairs the Senate committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, said women

Kiko calls for more investments in women in agriculture
Press StatementMarch 8, 2012On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chair of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, calls for more investments and public-private partnerships directed at empowering women in the agricultural sector.”Experience across different sectors and even different
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RA 11321
SAGIP SAKA
BIYAHE NI KIKO

Republic Act 11321
Sagip Saka Act
Ang layunin nito ay mapataas ang kita ng ating mga Pilipinong magsasaka at mangingisda kaugnay sa mga mamimili, pribadong sektor, at pamahalaan.

Republic Act 11524
Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act
P100B na benepisyo para sa mga magniniyog at coconut industry! Ang Republic Act 11524 o ang Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act ay sinisigurong hindi mapag-iiwanan at may nakalaang badyet para saating mga Coconut Farmers!

Republic Act 10929
Free Internet Access in Public Places Law
Binibigyang halaga at sinisiguro ang libreng internet sa iba’t ibang pampublikong lugar sa bansa, tulad ng mga pampublikong paaralan, public transport terminals, public hospitals at public libraries, etc.