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Govt buying anti-Covid face masks at retail price is overpricing: Pangilinan
THE Philippine government has admitted to buying face masks based on suggested retail price (SRP), not wholesale price, and that is overpricing, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Sunday. SRP is the price at which products are sold to consumers. At the seventh Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing on the Covid-19

Rest in peace, Dinky
“Rest in peace, my dear classmate. Hanggang sa huli, wala kang kapaguran sa mga laban para sa kapwa. Pahinga ka na sa gitna ng malawak at magandang bukid ng sunflowers sa langit. Sobrang lungkot namin ni Sharon sa iyong paglisan. Nabuhay at nagmahal ka ng buong-puso, nagbahagi ng iyong oras,

On media questions re cut of government hospitals’ budgets for 2022:
“Kaisa ako sa mga doktor, nars, medical technicians, at iba pang health-care workers sa kanilang hinaing tungkol sa 2022 budget. Sa mga pagsusuri na nakita natin, ang mga budget cuts ng mga government hospital, mga ospital na pinupuntahan ng marami nating kababayan, PCMC (para sa mga batang may sakit), binawasan

Appeal to Extend Voter Registration
Good evening to our colleagues. I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege. Noong Lunes, September 6, nagbukas na muli ang voter registration sa mga lugar sa ilalim ng Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine.

Inspection documents for China-made PPEs signed even before delivery, inspection
GOVERNMENT procurement personnel have been ordered to sign inspection documents for personal protective equipment (PPEs) from China even before the items were delivered or inspected.

Covid-19 is this generation’s 9/11: Pangilinan
“TODAY we remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost, including 20 Filipinos, in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks twenty years ago. Maraming kabataan ngayon, wala o konti na ang alaala sa nangyari sa Amerika noong araw na iyon. But the immeasurable loss continues to reverberate today. Binago ng 9/11 ang

Pangilinan: Bigger agriculture budget would ease hunger, save jobs
A BIGGER agriculture budget, especially during the pandemic, would ease hunger and save jobs, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Thursday, noting that the massive cut in the Department of Agriculture (DA) budget despite the sector having suffered from the African swine fever and substantial job losses. “Ang ating industriya ng

Pangilinan: Sagip Saka Act to help solve high food prices
WITH August inflation rate rising to 4.9 percent, the highest since January 2019, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan reiterates that his Sagip Saka Act will help stabilize food prices especially amid the pandemic. “Ngayong mataas ang presyo ng mga bilihin, kailangan na nating paigtingin pa ang pagpapatupad ng Sagip Saka Act

Pangilinan hails Ka Dodoy, sole Filipino recipient of 2021 Ramon Magsaysay Award
SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan congratulates Roberto “Ka Dodoy” Ballon as the sole Filipino recipient of the 2021 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his heroic efforts
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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.