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Kiko Pangilinan on GMA’s visit to Obama: Review the VFA
Press ReleaseJuly 30, 2009 “On top of the agenda should be the VFA,” says independent senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s meeting with US President Barack Obama. “At the minimum, GMA should in no uncertain terms make it known to President Obama that there is a growing clamor

Kiko Pangilinan on Malacanang’s returning of JBC list: The Administrastion must follow the constitution
Press ReleaseJuly 28, 2009 Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan expresses dismay over GMA’s returning of the Judicial Board Council’s shortlist of recommended Supreme Court justices. “The JBC must assert its independence from Malacanang by returning the same list to Ermita. The constitution vests the power of preparing the shortlist to the

Kiko Pangilinan blasts oil companies on latest round of oil price hikes
Press ReleaseJuly 29, 2009 Independent senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan slams oil companies on the latest price hikes of their products. “Bibigyan na naman ng mga kumpanyang ito ng bagong pasanin ang taong-bayan. Hindi ba pwedeng maghanap ng paraan ang mga malalaking kumpanyang ito na pasanin ang pagtaas ng presyo sa

Kiko Pangilinan: People do not feel the impact of PGMA’s so-called accomplishments
Press ReleaseJuly 27, 2009 “As expected, she trumpeted her administration’s supposed successes,” says independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan of GMA’s State of the Nation Address. “Yet the painful truth is that data shows poverty levels have not been reduced; they have, in fact, increased over her watch. Pervasive corruption has not

Kiko Pangilinan warns colleagues attending SONA: Watch out for shameless Con-Ass sneak attack
Press ReleaseJuly 27, 2009 “There is nothing to stop any congressman from taking the floor this afternoon and moving for the inclusion of Con-Ass as an additional item in the agenda,” warns independent Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan of today’s scheduled joint session after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address

EDITORIAL – Register and vote
FREEMAN Opinion Philippine Star July 17, 2009 Baby Boomers, or those born between 1945 and 1965, but most especially those who grew up in the 1960s, will get a strange kind of feeling, akin to deja vu, when starting today they will see a bus going around Cebu emblazoned with

Kiko Pangilinan: Death penalty is not the answer
Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2009 Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan extends his sympathies to the daughter of a government drug agent who was raped by alleged drug syndicates. But recent clamor for reimposing the death penalty is not the answer, he says.”The entire system of justice requires a top to bottom

Transparency in SC appointments urged
Manila BulletinCebu City – Calling for more support from the people in making sure that there will be transparency in the appointment of the next Supreme Court (SC) justices, the Bantay Korte Suprema (BKS) urged Cebuanos to join their cause. The SC is considered the final arbiter of legal controversies

COMELEC and Political Candidates for 2010 elections
Comelec has just released Resolution 8646 detailing the dates and schedules of their activities for the 2010 elections. For those who want to register their organizations as partylist groups, the deadline is on August 17, 2009, or a month from now. Deadline for nominating party representatives for all elective posts
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RA 11321
SAGIP SAKA
BIYAHE NI KIKO

Republic Act 11321
Sagip Saka Act
Ang layunin nito ay mapataas ang kita ng ating mga Pilipinong magsasaka at mangingisda kaugnay sa mga mamimili, pribadong sektor, at pamahalaan.

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.