Pangilinan welcomes DA’s P1.5-billion loan for rice farmers but… Our rice farmers’ estimated losses are at least P60 billion: Kiko MANILA — The Department of Agriculture’s P1.5-billion loan package for rice farmers affected by the influx of cheaper imports is welcome but the rice farmers lost at least P60 billion

MANILA — Farmers have expressed their support for Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan’s call to review the Rice Tariffication Law and to immediately address their concerns regarding the influx of imports that displace local rice. Enriquito Duran, a farmer leader of the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) from Kabacan, North Cotabato,

Kiko wants poor Filipinos, not foreigners, to have first dibs on decent housing in the metro MANILA — Why do foreigners have first dibs on condos while destitute Filipinos are jam-packed in shanties in the country’s urban centers? To give poor Filipinos their right to decent housing in the metropolis

Pangilinan pushes for mandatory autopsy, collection of biological specimen anew Huwag ilibing o sunugin ang katotohang makukuha sa katawan ng mga pinatay: Kiko MANILA – Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has refiled the Mandatory Autopsy Act and the Mandatory Collection of Biological Specimen and Identifications Act, as deaths under investigation are

Violence in the hands of police has no place in society: Kiko MANILA — To protect the public against police abuses and misconduct, body cameras should be required in police operations, said Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Friday, the second year of the murder of 17-year-old Kian Delos Santos. On

PRIVILEGE SPEECH | Sen. Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan Let’s arrest the devastation caused by unrestricted rice imports on our farmers Mister Senate President, fellow Senators, magandang hapon po sa ating lahat. I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege, as a Member of the Senate and as a Filipino

MANILA — Filipino farmers hurting from the deluge of imported rice should immediately get P20 billion emergency cash assistance from collected tariffs and unprogrammed funds under the Rice Tariffication Act, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Tuesday. He said the immediate release of cash relief assistance is necessary for our rice farmers’