A TOTAL of 442 local governments have bought over P2.5 billion worth of harvests directly from farmers and fisher folk during the COVID lockdown, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Thursday.

THE P15-BILLION corruption scandal at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) especially during the pandemic is another reason why Department of Health (DoH) Secretary Francisco Duque III must go, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday.

ELEVEN years after President Corazon Aquino’s passing, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan recalled how the late President was a symbol for hope in times of crisis.

SENATOR Francis Pangilinan on Friday admonished the Department of Health to be transparent in reporting COVID-19 cases in the country and refrain from “doctoring” or “massaging” its data to make it appear that the government is making headway in battling the pandemic.

FOLLOWING the Duterte administration’s renewed push for the passage of the death penalty, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan questioned Senator Bato dela Rosa on the latter’s privilege speech calling for the revival of capital punishment during a pandemic.

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Majority Leader. It is with regret that I have to vote no on this measure. I was listening to Sen. Recto and all the more I am convinced that a ‘no vote’ has basis. Mr. President, it has been 7 weeks after this chamber

“COVID, gutom at kawalan ng trabaho ng milyon-milyon ng ating mga kababayan at ang matinding kurakot at kapalpakan ng palakad sa DoH at PhilHealth sa gitna ng pandemya ang tunay problema.

SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday sought a Senate investigation on the “widespread corruption” in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) as cited by its anti-fraud legal officer Thorrsson Montes Keith for his resignation from the agency.

“Sa gitna ng pinakamatinding krisis na kinakaharap ng bansa, hindi nabanggit ang kongkretong mga plano para matigil ang tuloy-tuloy na pagkalat ng COVID, mga planong maibsan ang gutom at kawalang-trabaho ng milyun-milyong mamamayan, at mga plano para tugunan ang mga hindi naabot na mga target para sa mass testing at