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AGRI TAYO EPISODE 4: GARDEN TO TABLE

July 23, 2020

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?

July 22, 2020

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?

July 20, 2020

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

July 20, 2020

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

July 19, 2020

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

July 18, 2020

“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

July 16, 2020

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

July 14, 2020

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

July 12, 2020

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?