We appeal to the sense of compassion and understanding of the Senate leadership and our colleagues to allow Senator Leila de Lima to participate in plenary sessions through teleconferencing, which has a bipartisan support during this period of COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Leila will be an added voice of knowledge and

Statement of Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on PhilHealth raising OFWs’ contributions  PhilHealth circular raising OFWs’ contributions Insensitive, ill-timed: Pangilinan “Nakapaloob sa Universal Health Care Act ang pagtaas ng kontribusyon sa Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Sa panahon ng COVID-19, kaisa tayo sa pagtutol sa kautusan ng PhilHealth na taasan ang

Statement of Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on World Press Freedom Day, arrest of volunteers giving out food Virus ang kalaban, hindi journalists o volunteers: Pangilinan “Ngayong World Press Freedom Day, alalahanin natin kung sino ang tunay na kalaban. Matindi ang krisis na kinakaharap natin sa patuloy na pagtaas ng kaso

LABOR DAY ON THIRD ECQ EXTENSION Speed up urgent, long-term help for 2.2M COVID-rendered jobless, including 200,000 OFWs: Pangilinan The government needs to speed up urgent as well as long-term help for the 2.2 million Filipinos rendered jobless by COVID-19 and the subsequent halt in most economic activities, Senator Francis

“Our emergency situation now is about health. All proposed and enforced measures should answer ‘yes’ to the following questions: Mahihinto o mapapabagal ba nito ang pagkalat ng COVID? Makakabuti ba ito sa kalusugan ng mga mamamayan at ng buong pamayanan? That’s why on the guidelines concerning our senior citizens, nananawagan

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday suggested that the government fast-track the release of financial aid to COVID quarantine-affected farmers by decentralizing disbursement from Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP). Malacañan’s fifth report to Congress submitted 27 April 2020 showed that the Department of Agriculture’s financial subsidy to rice farmers

“The pace of job displacements as a consequence of Covid-19 is alarming, now placed at over 2 million in the formal sector and over 230,000 among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). We urge the Department of Labor and Employment to continue and expand its COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP), which gives

“Many will remember Sec. Mon as the man behind the famous campaign that took the world by storm. ‘It’s more fun in the Philippines’ resonated everywhere because he knew the heart of the Filipino.

“We support the extension of the ECQ, as recommended by experts with the understanding that ECQ alone without fast-tracking the following action steps will render any ECQ extension ineffective: 1. More tests will be conducted. Does government have a national or local testing capacity target, expressed in the number of