Kiko Pangilinan

Zamboanga Today OnlineDecember 14, 2011Senate Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Food Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that the escrowed coco levy fund should be released immediately and benefit directly the farmers of the country’s beleaguered coconut industry.”There is no debate that the coco levy funds were sourced

Press StatementDecember 14, 2011The impeachment trial is a political proceeding and not a judicial proceeding. Rules on inhibition that apply to our court system do not apply to a political trial. There are as many senators who have been critical of the Corona court decisions as there have been defenders.

Press ReleaseDecember 13, 2011Senate Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Food Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that the escrowed coco levy fund should be released immediately and benefit directly the farmers of the country’s beleaguered coconut industry.”There is no debate that the coco levy funds were sourced from

Jill Beltran and Jonathan de SantosSun StarDecember 9, 2011MALACANANG on Friday denied that President Benigno Aquino III has been engaging in demagoguery to destroy the image of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.In an exclusive interview with GMA News aired Thursday, Arroyo, for the first time, expressed her sentiments regarding the situation

Press StatementDecember 9, 2011Reacting to a television interview given by former president and now-Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, known Arroyo critic Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan says that it was the former president who destroyed her name and reputation long before the Aquino administration came into power.”Sinasabi niya na puro ‘paninirang-puri’ ang

Press StatementDecember 9, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senator Committee on Agriculture and Food, warns the public about the possibility of more smuggled goods entering the country during the Christmas holidays. He also calls on the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the

Press ReleaseDecember 8, 2011Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, says that the mining industry, if unregulated, poses a serious threat to the country’s food supply. In Thursday’s hearing at the Senate, Pangilinan came to this conclusion as resource persons attested to the fact

Rolly T. CarandangManila BulletinDecember 7, 2011MANILA, Philippines — Citing its importance as part of the country’s cultural heritage and tourism program, the Senate adopted a resolution last Tuesday urging government agencies to work together to rebuild the damaged walls of the Ifugao Rice Terraces.Sen. Francis Pangilinan, principal author of Resolution

Kimberly Jane TanGMA NetworkDecember 7, 2011 The Senate has adopted a resolution urging government agencies to work together to save the Ifugao or Banaue Rice Terraces, which was once dubbed as the eight wonder of the world, from degradation. Senate Resolution 650, authored by Sen. Francis Pangilinan, expresses the “sense of the