Kiko Pangilinan

Press StatementSeptember 15, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan urges the Supreme Court to prioritize the filling up of unfilled positions in the judiciary as court cases continue to pile in the country’s courts’ backlog.“As it stands one fourth of the positions of judges nationwide remain unfilled. This is totally unacceptable because

Press ReleaseSeptember 14, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has had enough of the police using syndicates that use minors as scapegoats for their failure to implement the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act.“We have received reports that these children are in fact used and supported by criminal syndicates that exploit minors. If

Press ReleaseSeptember 14, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, principal author of Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, expresses his opposition to proposals in the Senate to reduce the age of criminal liability from 15 to 9 years old.“We oppose the proposal to amend the law

Press StatementSeptember 13, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that those frustrated by the proliferation of crimes committed by so-called ‘hamog boys’ are barking up the wrong tree in blaming RA 9344, or Juvenile Justice Law.“We don’t understand the argument that RA 9344 is to blame for all these crimes.

Press StatementSeptember 13, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, principal author of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, otherwise known as Republic Act 9344, points out that the main problem with the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act is the fact that even its key stakeholders do not understand the law,

Kristine L. AlavePhilippine Daily InquirerSeptember 8, 2011MANILA, Philippines—The country’s food security is at risk as millions of farmers and fishermen are getting too old for what is back-breaking work and their children are not keen on taking over for lack of incentive to do so, agriculture and other officials said

Kristine L. AlavePhilippine Daily InquirerSeptember 8, 2011MANILA, Philippines—The country’s food security is at risk as millions of farmers and fishermen are getting too old for what is back-breaking work and their children are not keen on taking over for lack of incentive to do so, agriculture and other officials said

Inquirer.netSeptember 8, 2011The Philippine government program on food security is threatened by ageing farmers and the unattractive income from farming, a senator said Thursday during the Senate finance committee hearing on the Agriculture Department’s 2012 budget.”This is a fact that is looming over us for years now,” Senator Francis “Kiko”

Press StatementSeptember 8, 2011Even a freshman law student would know that out of courtesy to the Supreme Court, Judge Rolando Mislang should not have issued the order of injunction considering the fact that he was still being asked by no less than the SC to explain why he issued a