Republic Act 11321 or the Sagip Saka Act of 2019 aims to increase the incomes of farmers and fisher folk by requiring government agencies to purchase produce and harvest directly from farm enterprises. By going directly to the farmers and fisher folk and eliminating the middlemen, food prices go down

Thank you, Majority Leader. Thank you, Mr. President. Good afternoon to our colleagues. This representation would like to commend our colleagues the Majority Leader

THE proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE) measure should attract big-ticket investments in agriculture and agro-industry, said Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan Thursday.

LIKE a COVID-19 patient, Filipino farmers are in an emergency situation needing urgent assistance from the government to spare them from demise, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday. “Ang katumbas ng CPR para sa ating mga naghihingalong magpapalay, lalo na yung nakikisaka lang, ay direct cash assistance. Dusa sila dahil

LIBERAL Party President Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan thanked his colleagues for the approval of the proposed augmentation of the budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) after Vice President Leni Robredo herself faced the Senate Sub-Committee on Finance hearing on Wednesday. Presenting the accomplishments of her office through their

AS some banks are set to resume collecting online transaction fees via InstaPay tomorrow, October 1, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday asked government to suspend or reduce these fees until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Pataas pa rin ang kaso ng nagkakasakit ng COVID. Kailangan pa ring tutukan

GOVERNMENT must look for more resources to be able to support micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises during the pandemic as MSMEs create jobs, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday. “The current amounts allocated to help 50,000 of the estimated 2 million to 3 million MSMEs is a drop in the

SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday urged government to act with urgency to address Filipino rice farmers’ woes as farmgate price of palay tumbled to as low as P12 a kilo, pushing the country’s mostly poor tillers deeper into poverty. “Ang solusyon sa balitang bagsak presyo ng palay: Unahin ng

“Pagkatapos ng mahabang panahon, mabibigay na rin sa mga magniniyog ang para sa kanila. Kahit na hindi naisama ang ilang mga probisyon sa aming panukala sa final version at pakiramdam ko ay watered-down ang ilang mga probisyon na naipasa, mas maigi nang meron kaysa wala para mabigyan na ng suporta