MANILA — The Senate on Tuesday is rushing the passage of a joint resolution directing six national agencies and local government units to directly buy rice from local farmers. Joint Resolution 8 directs the Departments of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Defense (DND), Transportation

MANILA — The Department of Agriculture on Monday adopted Sen. Francis Pangilinan’s Sagip Saka law in its mission to double farmers’ incomes in the next five years. Agriculture Secretary William Dar gave this presentation during the hearing on the department’s budget proposal of P71 billion, or not even a tenth

MANILA – Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday requested Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to hold in abeyance his action on the memorandum of agreement (MoA) between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Dito Telecommunity to build telco towers inside military camps, pending the submission of the MoA and

MANILA — Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is calling on all young people to register to vote, noting that about 10 million young people age 18 to 24 years old failed to do so for the May 2019 senatorial elections. “That number can very well dictate the direction of the nation.

We support the move of the US Senate as it calls out Philippine officials involved in the unjust and arbitrary detention of Sen. Leila de Lima. Sen. Leila de Lima stood up against the mass murder of our people — as we all should. She is being unlawfully detained —

Ten years after, we hope we have not forgotten how we faced the great flooding and how we survived it. Hinarap nating magkakasama, tulong-tulong. We hope we will always relive that moment of solidarity because it is part of our nature to come to each other’s aid, despite our own

ON RICE TARIFFICATION SFNP: …on the rice tariffication measure. Currently, there have been concerns about the impact on our rice farmers and the drop of palay prices. I’m raising this not only because this is Secretary of Finance but also because he was former Secretary of Agriculture so we’re actually

MANILA – The Department of Finance (DoF) has expressed support behind the joint resolution filed by Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan to provide P13-billion immediate cash assistance to rice farmers affected by the Rice Tariffication Law. “We think that a cash transfer program should be developed for the affected rice farmers