“The President has been a reluctant leader. But his reluctance gave way to a quiet decisiveness against corruption and for good governance. And the result has been six tough but fruitful years. His administration has not been perfect, but the perfection of our democracy, of our republic lies in each

Returning Senator Kiko Pangilinan took his oath of office before Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday, 27 June 2016 at the Dignitaries’ Lounge, Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was accompanied by his mother, Emma Nepomuceno Pangilinan, wife Sharon Cuneta, and children KC, Frankie, Miel, and Miguel. Now on

Returning Senator and former Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Chairman Kiko Pangilinan is optimistic after recent pronouncements by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte made through incoming Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol that the administration will pursue the release of the coco levy fund. “We are hopeful that justice for the exploitation and the deprivation

After the early proclamation of president and vice president and with two weeks before its adjournment sine die on June 10, Senate can use the time to pass the coco levy trust fund bill, returning Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Sunday. “This is an urgent issue for our country because we

Following yesterday’s launch of the Balog-Balog Multipurpose Project (BBMP) Phase II in San Jose, Tarlac, former Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Secretary and returning Senator Kiko Pangilinan is optimistic that this will bolster the farm productivity in the region- almost 30 years in the waiting. “Our farmers

To focus on reducing the almost 40-percent poverty incidence among fisherfolk, incoming president Rodrigo Duterte should appoint a presidential assistant for fisheries with Cabinet rank as the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is still to be created, returning senator Francis Pangilinan said. “As an archipelago that depends on the

Good news for farmers and fisherfolk with the signing into law of the Farm Tourism Development Act of 2016, which would give them extra income, said returning Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan. “Aside from appropriate attention and support for the agriculture sector in our country, the Farm Tourism Development Act will

As the incoming agriculture secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol laid out the three components of his agricultural program, returning Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said increased incomes for farmers and fisherfolk should be used as benchmarks for the success of this program. “Unless the incomes of our farmers and fisherfolk are increased

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