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AGRI TAYO EPISODE 4: GARDEN TO TABLE
WATCH: Simula nang nag Community Quarantine hindi lamang dumami ang mga #PlantTito at #PlantTita, marami rin ang biglang naging “Quaranchef”. At dahil ang buwan ng Hulyo ay tinaguriang Nutrition Month, swak na swak ang “Garden to Table” #AgriTayo episode namin ngayong araw. Dahil tapos na tayong mag #PlantPlantPlant, mag ha-harvest

Pangilinan: Who profits in COVID-19 test kit trade during pandemic?
IMMEDIATELY after the Department of Health (DoH) announced the approval of the commercial release of the Filipino-developed test kits for COVID-19, prices of imported test kits significantly dropped, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday.

Pangilinan: Why did imported test kits not go through rigid evaluation as local kits?
AFTER Minority Senators questioned the delay in the use and mass production of Filipino-made test kits, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday welcomed the announcement of the Department of Health (DoH) on the commercial use of the GenAmplify RT-PCR test kits. “After almost 6 months, magagamit na sa wakas ang

Pangilinan on nurses’ salary hike: long awaited and well-deserved, especially during pandemic
SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday welcomed the government’s decision to finally implement Section 32 of the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 which will raise the minimum monthly base pay of government nurses to Salary Grade 15 (SG-15), or P32,053 to P34,801. “This is a welcome development. Matagal nang batas

Pangilinan: Certify anti-political dynasty bill as urgent
CERTIFYING the anti-political dynasty bill as urgent is a tangible proof of the administration’s desire to dismantle the rule of political dynasties, Senator Francis Pangilinan said in making the call Sunday.

JOINT STATEMENT OF SENATE MINORITY LEADER FRANK DRILON AND SENATORS RISA HONTIVEROS AND KIKO PANGILINAN: ALLOW USE OF FILIPINO-MADE, WORLD CLASS TEST KITS
“The country is ramping up COVID-19 testing, but locally manufactured, world-class P1,320 PCR test kits are gathering dust in laboratories due to the inaction of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.

Stem enrollment drop, provide more financial aid to students, teachers: Pangilinan
AS THE pandemic caused enrollment to drop for the coming school year, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to make available more financial aid and other assistance to both students and teachers. Local government units, through their Special Education Fund and other programs, should

COVID, hunger, loss of jobs are the problem, not ‘oligarchs’: Pangilinan
THE COVID-19 pandemic, hunger, and loss of jobs are the urgent problems that confront millions of Filipinos now, and not the so-called oligarchs, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Tuesday. “COVID, gutom at kawalan ng trabaho ng milyun-milyon nating mga kababayan ang problema hindi itong mga oligarchs, kuno,” Pangilinan said. He

On media queries on ABS-CBN shutdown during a pandemic
Why do you think the situation of the employees of ABS-CBN no longer mattered even if there’s a raging pandemic? Were political lines drawn just like in elections?