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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?

Agri Tayo! EP3 – Meet Your (urban) Garden II

July 11, 2020

WATCH: Certified #PlantTita​, #PlantTito​ o newbie ka man sa pagtatanim, siguradong magugustuhan mo ang Episode 3 ng #AgriTayo​! Paano nga ba gumawa ng mura at organikong pataba para sa ating mga halaman? Makakatulong ba talaga ang crushed eggshells, vegetable waste, fruit scraps, at kape? Bakit nagiging bansot ang seedlings? May

On Congress vote vs ABS-CBN

July 10, 2020

“Kasama ang lahat ng kapamilya at kapuso at kapatid, galit tayo sa ginawa nila sa ABS-CBN. Itong hatol ng kamatayan para sa pinakamalaking estasyon sa bansa ay kamatayan din sa kabuhayan ng higit 11,000 nitong manggagawa at sa lahat ng mga tauhan nito at mga pamilya nila.

Doubling Bicol Medical Center bed capacity to 1,000 helpful in COVID response: Pangilinan

July 10, 2020

REPUBLIC ACT 11478, the new law doubling the bed capacity of Bicol Medical Center (BMC) from 500 to 1,000, will help the region in its COVID response, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Friday.

Use DIY organic fertilizers, pesticides during COVID-19 — Pangilinan

July 9, 2020

HOUSEHOLDS who took to urban gardening during lockdown in the time of the coronavirus pandemic can take their venture to the next level by making their own organic fertilizers and pesticides that will protect and grow their plants, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Thursday.

2 DAYS IN A ROW OF OVER 2K NEW CASES Focus on cure for COVID spread and economy now, not ABS-CBN shutdown — Pangilinan

July 7, 2020

AS THE country posted over 2,000 new COVID cases in two days, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday reiterated the need for an all-government focus on finding ways to stop the spread of the disease and simultaneously address the effects of the economic slowdown.

On the signing of the anti-terror bill into law

July 3, 2020

“I am not surprised. From Day 1 this Administration unleashed draconian and authoritarian measures as a showcase of its brand of leadership. These draconian measures however have been exposed as nothing more than a show of senseless, mindless violence as means to sow fear amongst the people.