The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday was a move to erase our collective memory. Of the illegal arrests, detentions, tortures, killings. And the plunder during martial law. For there was systematic robbery of people’s money, as several Supreme Court decisions have said. One of those decisions is on the coco levy.

Noong 1971, naisabatas ang RA 6260 o ang Coconut Investment Act na nagpataw ng buwis o “Coco Levy” sa mga magsasaka ng niyog. “Para sa pagpapaunlad ng industriya at kung saan ang mga magsasaka ang makikinabang.” 0.55 sentimos ang coco levy na ipinataw sa kada 100 kilo ng kopra sa

MANILA – Sixteen Senators from the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food and Finance on Wednesday signed and approved Committee Report on the Coco Levy Bill. Sponsored and heard by Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who heads the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, Senate Bill 1233 or “An Act Creating

My understanding is that the petitioners will be filing a motion for reconsideration regarding the decision of the Supreme Court. Therefore, if that is true, then the decision is not yet final. Having said that, Mr. President, in many instances in the past, this Senate, even while there are cases

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has taken the place of former Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya as acting president of the Liberal Party until party elections are held. Pangilinan succeeds both Abaya, as acting president, and former Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, who was party

MANILA – Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday pressed the House of Representatives to hurry the hearings on the Coconut Trust Fund Bill. He said its immediate passage would unlock the P75 billion coco levy funds for the benefit of the 3.5 million Filipino coconut farmers. “Hinihimok natin ang ating