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Kiko to peace panel: Address issues of accountability and prevent escalation of violence
Press ReleaseNovember 4, 2011As peace talks resume today in Kuala Lumpur, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan urges the GPH and MILF Peace Panel to discuss extensively various issues in the peace negotiations that have been left unresolved to prevent the escalation of violence between government and MILF forces. These include: areas

Kiko urges backyard gardening
Marlon PurificacionNovember 4, 2011Journal OnlineSENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate committees on agriculture and food, and social justice and rural development, has called for an expansion of the backyard gardening component of the Aquino administration’s “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program”, otherwise known as CCT, to alleviate rising hunger amid

Kiko Pangilinan: Next AFP Chief-of-Staff must help build lasting peace
Press ReleaseNovember 3, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today stresses that the next Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Chief-of-Staff must be someone who can help end the insurgency swiftly and be “an instrument of lasting peace.”Pangilinan makes the statement after it has been declared that AFP Chief-of-Staff General Eduardo Oban, Jr.

Pangilinan calls for expanded coverage of backyard gardening under ‘pantawid pamilya program’ to alleviate rising hunger amid rising food prices
Press ReleaseNovember 3, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, calls for an expansion of the backyard gardening component of the Aquino administration’s “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program”, otherwise known as CCT, to alleviate rising hunger amid rising food

Kiko Pangilinan to MILF: Show sincerity to peace process by surrendering Asnawi
Press ReleaseNovember 2, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan calls on the separatist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to prove its sincerity to the ongoing peace process by surrendering wanted MILF commander Dan Laksaw Asnawi to the authorities.Asnawi has been tagged in the beheading of 10 Marine soldiers in 2007, and

Senator Kiko Pangilinan: Amidst uncertainties in the world economy, Agri and Agribusiness sector will spare Philippines from recession
Press ReleaseNovember 2, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, today calls on the government to focus on job creation within the country’s agriculture and fisheries sector, saying doing so will spare the Philippines from recession that is currently threatening the global economy.In a

Overhaul present system for agriculture extension workers, build capacity for global competitiveness – Kiko Pangilinan
Press ReleaseNovember 2, 2011 Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, as well as Co-Chair of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), says that an “overhaul” of the present system regarding agricultural extension workers

Senator welcomes review of ceasefire agreement
ABS-CBNNews.comOctober 29, 2011’Peace process must remain within constitutional limits’MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan welcomes the decision of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to review the 2001 ceasefire agreement.Pangilinan points out that “gaps in the agreement must be addressed. While we are for peace, we

Peace process must remain within constitutional limits- Kiko Pangilinan
Press ReleaseOctober 29, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, an administration ally who earlier had called for a suspension of the peace talks to review the ceasefire agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), welcomes the decision of both parties to finally review the 2001 ceasefire agreement.Pangilinan points
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Republic Act 11321
Sagip Saka Act
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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.