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Statement of Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on POGOs

February 19, 2020

“Huwag nating hayaang bastusin tayo sa sariling bahay natin. The recent exposé of blatant corruption, abuse, and trafficking surrounding the POGO industry is appalling and must not be tolerated. For the past three years, the country has experienced an influx of illegality: from billions worth of illegal drugs slipping through

Statement of Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on travel ban for OFWs to Taiwan

February 12, 2020

We call on the Department of Health to clarify the reason behind the inclusion of Taiwan in the travel ban. With the restriction, thousands of Filipino travelers have been affected — including an estimated 154,000 overseas Filipino workers who earn their living from Taiwan.

On VFA termination

February 11, 2020

Given our ongoing dispute in the West Philippine Sea, this move favors China and no longer comes as a surprise given how meek and subservient the Administration has been toward China in matters not only of sovereignty but even on matters of public health and safety, as in the coronavirus

Freedom-loving Filipinos should come together and resist authoritarianism: LP

February 11, 2020

Together with the Filipino people, the Liberal Party of the Philippines has been here before. In 1972, when the ousted dictator imposed martial law, he also arrested his critics and shut down major media outfits like ABS-CBN.

Pangilinan: Congress is mandated to act on ABS-CBN franchise application

February 10, 2020

Congress has the duty to give due process to ABS-CBN’s application for franchise renewal. We are mandated under the law to give proper course to any application, which Congress has granted smoothly to other networks.

In midst of nCoV epidemic, govt focuses on denouncing critics: Pangilinan

February 10, 2020

Sa gitna ng epidemya, panggigipit sa mga kritiko ang pinupuntirya sa kasong quo warranto sa prangkisa ng ABS-CBN at sa file ng mga kasong inciting to sedition kay Sen. Trillanes at iba pa. Walong araw na nang ipataw ng pamahalaan ang travel ban sa China, pero tumatanggap pa rin tayo

Nakasalalay sa DoH ang kalusugan nating lahat na mga Pilipino: Pangilinan

February 5, 2020

“Yesterday’s hearing should be a wake-up call for the inter-agency committee and its whole-of-government approach. The health secretary was clearly in the dark as to his department’s efforts to trace the passengers of the two flights which flew in the two nCoV patients. This most basic intervention was at 17-percent

Lack of leadership, problem in stemming nCoV spread, fear: Pangilinan

February 4, 2020

Lack of leadership is the main problem in alleviating the actual spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 nCoV) and the fear of infection among Filipinos, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Tuesday. Pangilinan took Health Secretary Francisco Duque to task for seeming unprepared for the worst, and not knowing basic

Evacuate our OFWs from China: Pangilinan

January 31, 2020

MANILA – Evacuate our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from China following certain protocols and safety precautions, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Friday, January 31, as he reiterated his call for a travel ban for all of novel coronavirus-affected China.“The US, Japan, South Korea, Britain, Spain, France, and Australia are all