MANILA — To reduce urban poverty and ensure food security, we must grow food in idle or abandoned government-owned lots and buildings, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said in Senate Bill 257 or the Urban Agriculture and Vertical Farming Act of 2019. “Sa ating mga tahanan, pwede tayong mag-umpisa sa pagtatanim

Statement of Sen. Francis Pangilinan on proposed industry road map to shift from planting rice to other crops*: Pwede namang sabay, hindi ‘either-or’ sa pagtatanim ng palay o pangangalaga ng baboy: Kiko The government’s proposed industry road map to make 23 provinces shift from planting rice to other crops and

Statement of Sen. Francis Pangilinan on lowest palay prices in 8 years*: Huwag hintaying patay na ang kabayo, ipatupad na ang mga magsasalba sa mga magsasaka: Kiko In a privilege speech on August 13, we echoed the alarm that our rice farmers were sounding for the then worsening crisis that

MANILA – Senator Francis Pangilinan said people experiencing depression or anxiety should not look too far for help. Mental health care and services should be available and accessible at the barangay level to be able to address the issue before it gets more serious. “We have taken the first important

MANILA – Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan supports the call of public-school teachers for a P10,000 pay increase in their monthly compensation. On Friday, the eve of World Teacher’s Day, thousands of teachers and their supporters held a unity walk to Mendiola to demand a P30,000 entry-level salary for public school

MANILA — The scourge affecting the swine industry is failure of governance in the agriculture sector, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Friday, World Animal Day. The former food security secretary said government mechanisms failed to enforce food safety protocols in contaminated frozen pork products smuggled in without benefit of inspection that

MANILA — Rice farmers should get at least P700 million in cash aid from the rice tariff collection in excess of the P10 billion collected this year, the Senate said Wednesday. During the interpellation on Senate Joint Resolution 8, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan insisted that the country’s rice farmers need