MANILA – Opposition leader Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan opens the 18th Congress by filing 10 priority measures focusing on agriculture, environment, and civil service on Monday, July 1. This includes the much-delayed Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Act or the Coco Levy Act; bills on post-harvest facilities, organic farming, and

We are disheartened by the lack of haste in the side of our government to investigate the matter of the sinking of the fishing vessel in Recto Bank. Lives of 22 of our fishermen have been threatened as they were left clinging to debris, hundreds of thousands of their earnings

Statement of Sen. Francis Pangilinan, former food security secretary, on the Chinese vessel ramming a Philippine fishing boat in Recto Bank The Chinese vessel ramming the fishing boat of 22 Filipino fishermen in Recto Bank is not just a matter of sovereignty or defending our territory, which are of paramount