Kiko Pangilinan

Jonathan de SantosSun StarSeptember 25, 2010SENATOR Francis Pangilinan on Saturday said that although the $434-million foreign grant from a US aid agency is good news, national self-reliance would be even better.He said the grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation will be of great help to the country, but it is

Julius RocasSeptember 25, 2010Our own C-SPAN first, live streaming is just an add-onDear Honorable Senator Pangilinan,Greetings of joy!First of all, I would like to applaud you in filing and pushing for Senate Resolution No 53 which calls for “the live streaming of Senate proceedings in the plenary as well as

Ernesto OrdoñezPhilippine Daily InquirerSeptember 24, 2010FARMERS ARE tired of government’s failure to live up to its promises. Thankfully, the new government is initiating a welcome change.Recently, the Bureau of Customs followed through on its promise to stop the release of eight containers from China with smuggled onions. Customs Commissioner Angelito

Press ReleaseSeptember 22, 2010Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today helped uncover containers full of smuggled onions valued at P9million at the Port of Manila, South Harbor.”Smuggled produce strike a serious blow to our farmers’ livelihood. When these flood the market, our farmers earn less

Niko BanuaABS-CBNNews.comSeptember 22, 2010MANILA, Philippines – Around P10 million worth of smuggled onions were seized on Wednesday by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the South Harbor in Manila.Eight containers filled with onions arrived in the country earlier this month, Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez said.The shipment’s consignee, Blueharbor Inc., declared

Helen Flores with Marvin SyThe Philippine StarSeptember 18, 2010MANILA, Philippines – The mother of George Francis, the baby abandoned on a Gulf Air jet last Sept. 12, will not be reunited with her son  until the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) completes the extensive examination on the child,

 Philippine Daily InquirerSeptember 18, 2010      

Press ReleaseSeptember 15, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that the Supreme Court’s issuance of a status quo ante-order on the impeachment case against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez may have been arrived at prematurely and may set a precedent on how impeachment proceedings might be dealt with in the future.”We ask

MalayaJocelyn Montemayor with JP LopezSeptember 15, 2010PRESIDENT Aquino is expected to meet Chief Justice Renato Corona to discuss the budget of the judiciary and the threat of lower court judges to go on mass leave in protest of the slash in the judiciary’s proposed budget for 2011.The SC had asked