Kiko Pangilinan

Dindo MatiningAbante ToniteMay 12, 2011Dalawang o tatlong senador na lang kailangang kumbinsihin para maisabatas na ang panukalang pagpapaliban ng halalan sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).Ito ang kinumpirma kahapon ni Senador Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan kaya kumpiyansa siyang maipapasa sa Senado ang panukalang postponement ng ARMM elections.“Kailangan na lang makumbinsi

Press ReleaseMay 11, 2011Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today says that the ARMM has failed as an institution to deliver on its intended aim to bring progress, peace, and prosperity in the Mindanao region, thus continuing with the elections would mean perpetuating the ineptitude of the region’s governance.“We need to reevaluate

Mario B. CasayuranManila BulletinMay 10, 2011MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate agriculture and food committee, Tuesday came out in support of the plan of President Benigno S. Aquino III to set into motion a mass migration of informal settlers from the urban to the rural areas

Marianne V. GoThe Philippine StarMay 10, 2011MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan suggested yesterday that the plan to relocate some 500,000 informal settlers in Metro Manila to agricultural lands should extend to those who are jobless and unemployed who are willing to work but can not find jobs.Pangilinan said

Jojo SicatBombaMay 10, 2011Naniniwala si Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan na sagot sa kakulangan ng trabaho sa bansa ang pagpapaigting sa industriya ng agrikultura.Hinikayat ni Sen. Pangilinan ang gobyerno na isama sa kanilang plano ang mga kababayan natin na naghahanap ng trabaho subalit walang oportunidad dahil ang ilan ay hindi nakapagtapos

Christine O. Avendaño, Philip Tubeza, Cynthia BalanaPhilippine Daily InquirerMay 10, 2011MANILA, Philippines—Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Monday the Sandiganbayan’s approval of the plea bargain between former Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia and former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez was a “disappointing development.”“It’s a disappointing development because there were many substantive points and

Mania BulletinMario B. Casayuran and Hannah L. TorregozaMay 6, 2011MANILA, Philippines — A political ally of President Benigno S. Aquino Friday suggested that his administration should revisit messages and promises he made during his successful campaign for the presidency amid the drop in satisfaction ratings in surveys.Sen. Francis Pangilinan, a

Press ReleaseMay 9, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that the government’s plan to relocate some 500,000 informal settlers in the metro to agricultural lands should extend to those who are jobless and unemployed who are willing to work yet do not have the opportunities.In an interview, President Benigno Aquino

Jonathan de SantosSun Star OnlineMay 9, 2011MANILA — Two senators called on the Office of the Solicitor General Monday to appeal a Sandiganbayan decision approving a controversial plea bargain with a dismissed general accused of plunder.Senator Francis Pangilinan called the decision allowing dismissed major general Carlos Garcia to plead guilty