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Pangilinan: Hasten release and fund hazard pay for COVID frontline health workers
WITH 16,764 frontline health workers yet to receive their hazard pay and risk allowance worth P108.3 million under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (Bayanihan 1), Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said that the Senate needs to immediately figure out how to provide funding for the frontliners who continue to

Pangilinan encourages focus on PH urgent problems, and help for fellow Filipinos
IN THE face of triple typhoons over the past three weeks amid a pandemic, Senator Francis “Kiko”Pangilinan on Wednesday encouraged everyone to stay focused on helping our kababayans who are still trying to get back on their feet. Asked for his reaction on President Duterte’s rants against Vice President Leni Robredo

Govt, private sector buying local will spur economic recovery: Pangilinan
GOVERNMENT and private sector buying local would be crucial for the economic recovery following the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as well as the successive typhoons, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday. “Again, during these trying times and the struggles that our enterprises and local industries are

Pangilinan: Mass promotion should be considered; defunding UP is legally infirm
WITH all the gaps in online distance learning, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said that mass promotion of students should be seriously considered.“I think the faculty of the UPD (University of the Philippines-Diliman) is considering this — at least a recommendation that there’ll be a mass promotion, if I understand it

Pangilinan bats for creation of integrated water resource management council post-Ulysses
SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday called for the establishment of an agency that will oversee all water-related matters, such as release of water from dams during typhoons so as to avoid a repeat of the devastating floods that hit the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela at the height of

Pangilinan bats for creation of integrated water resource management agency post-Ulysses
SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday called for the establishment of an agency that will oversee all water-related matters, such as release of water from dams during typhoons so as to avoid a repeat of the devastating floods that hit the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela at the height of

Pangilinan seeks Senate probe on deadly Cagayan flooding
FOLLOWING the call of Vice President Leni Robredo to investigate the unprecedented flooding in Cagayan Valley, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday said that he will file a Senate resolution to probe Typhoon Ulysses-induced flooding that has already claimed 24 lives in the region. “Tama po si Vice President Leni.

Heed the call of the youth for urgent action on disaster: Pangilinan
THE administration should not belittle the voice of the youth and listen to their views about the problems besetting the Filipino people in the wake of the calamities, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Monday. “Ang kabataan ang boses ng kinabukasan. Ang kabataan ang mitsa ng pagbabago. The students and the

Increase calamity funds, revive Project NOAH: Pangilinan
WITH successive typhoons ravaging parts of the country, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan pressed for adequate funding for the state disaster agencies and revival of Project NOAH or the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards.