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End ‘hidden, surprise, unreasonable’ ATM fees: Kiko

August 22, 2019

MANILA – Senator Francis Pangilinan seeks to require banks to post charges for use of automated teller machines and restrict fees imposed on ATM transactions. Senate Bill 635 or the proposed Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Fee Regulatory Act mandates financial institutions to disclose on the ATM screen the total transaction

Best way to honor Ninoy? Register to vote: Pangilinan

August 21, 2019

Kiko wants junior, senior high students to learn how to be citizens MANILA – What is the best way to honor the memory and sacrifice of the martyred Senator Ninoy Aquino? Register to vote, said Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on the late senator’s 36th death anniversary Wednesday. “Si Ninoy Aquino

Pangilinan wants to make insurance mandatory for palay, other essential crops

August 20, 2019

NFA should buy insurance for indigent rice farmers: Kiko MANILA — To help farmers survive crop destruction due to calamities, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan seeks to make insurance mandatory for palay and other crops essential to food security. Senate Bill 35, or the proposed Expanded Crop Insurance Act of 2019,

Kiko thanks Gina for her service

August 19, 2019

Statement of Sen. Francis Pangilinan on the death of Gina Lopez Kiko thanks Gina for her service A woman of courage. Firebrand. That is how many will remember Gina Lopez — perhaps most prominent for her short stint as Secretary for the Environment and Natural Resources, but more significantly for

Our rice farmers’ estimated losses are at least P60 billion: Kiko

August 19, 2019

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

Farmers support Pangilinan’s call to review Rice Tariffication Law

August 18, 2019

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,

Expanding Jesse Robredo’s legacy, Pangilinan pushes for in-city relocation of informal settlers

August 18, 2019

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