Pangilinan bill offers support to farmers to go organic Organic farming yields profit, healthier produce: Kiko MANILA — Help is on the way to small farmers and organizations engaged in organic farming under a bill authored by Senator Francis Pangilinan. Senate Bill 34 or the proposed Act Providing for the

PANGILINAN BATS FOR MAGNA CARTA FOR DIGNIFIED COMMUTING Filipinos entitled to safe, convenient, reliable, affordable commute with dignity: Kiko MANILA — Evie dela Cruz, mother of five, feels like an overseas Filipino worker as her four-hour daily commute to and from her workplace in Makati and her home in Quezon

Pangilinan bats for VAT exemptions on mental health medicines Alisin ang VAT sa mental health meds, alisin ang sakit sa bulsa: Kiko MANILA — In order to make medicines affordable for Filipinos suffering from mental health conditions, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan seeks to exempt mental health medicines from value-added tax

MANILA — To discourage Filipino nurses from flocking to higher paying jobs abroad, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan seeks to raise the salaries of entry-level government nurses in the country to P30,531. “Sa huli, ang layunin ng panukalang ito ay ang mapabuti ang kalagayan ng propesyon ng nursing at ang itaguyod

MANILA — To encourage Filipino nurses from flocking to higher paying jobs abroad, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan seeks to raise the salaries of entry-level government nurses in the country to P30,531. “Sa huli, ang layunin ng panukalang ito ay ang mapabuti ang kalagayan ng propesyon ng nursing at ang itaguyod

After President’s veto and promise anew, Pangilinan pushes to finally pass coco levy fund measure this 18th Congress ‘Coconut levy bill nut is a giant Php100-billion nut we should crack for 3.5 coco farmers’ MANILA – After the President’s veto and promise anew at the SONA, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan

We associate ourself with the Senate Minority in the 18th Congress not because we are so-called obstructionist but because we believe that a strong Minority is critical to a democracy. Being in the Minority is not a deterrent towards being able to work together and perform our legislative mandate. In

Fifty years ago today I was a boy of about six years old glued to a black-and-white television set watching Commander Neil Armstrong take one giant leap for humankind. My heart filled with awe as he and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed and walked on the moon while command