Good morning, Mr. President, colleagues. Thank you, Mr President. Happy New Year to our Senate President, colleagues, and to our resource persons, and good morning.

ALARMED by the inconsistencies between the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) on the vaccine roll-out, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday sought to clarify the deliverables in the government’s Covid vaccination program.

SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday said the scheduled Monday Senate Committee of the Whole hearing intends to clarify the government vaccination plan and deliverables.

AN ALL-SENATORS’ caucus will discuss how to move forward on the Senate resolution to amend the 1987 Constitution, said Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes and Laws.

AS CONSUMER giants Coca-Cola and Carlsberg recently announced the switch to plant-based plastics that break down within a year, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan encourages local manufacturers to follow suit.

DESPITE the Department of Health (DOH) announcing that the Philippines still remains free from the new Covid-19 variant, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said that this should not be used as an excuse to slack on our pandemic response efforts, particularly on contact tracing.

SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan supports moves to grant ABS-CBN a new 25-year franchise, including Senate President Vicente Sotto III’s.

SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday supported Vice President Leni Robredo’s call for a transparent investigation of the unregistered vaccines given to some members of the military and the president’s security personnel.

GROWTH of the agriculture sector despite numerous setbacks in 2020 should convince the administration to give it priority especially in the proposed Bayanihan 3, said Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday.