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

Nagpapasalamat kami, ako, ang aking mapagbigay na pamilya, at masipag na staff, sa inyong mahigit labinlimang milyong Pilipinong pinili ulit tayong maging lingkod-bayan. Binabati rin namin ang mga kapwa kandidatong napili.  Napaka-init ng kampanyang nagdaan. Noong mga nakakapasong araw ng El Nino, hindi lang ito naging paligsahan ng kagalingan ng

  Ako po ay nagpapasamalat sa lahat. Alam ko hindi pa tapos ang kampanya but win or lose, kinakailangan namang magpasalamat kaya inisip po namin na kahit paano ay ngayon pa lang magpapasalamat na po.   First of course, I’d like to thank Sharon. For your support, and your inspiration,

To raise rice farmers’ income, senatorial candidate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan urged the National Food Authority to raise the buying price of palay (unhusked rice). “I suggest that NFA raise its buying price from P17 to P19. This would help our farmers raise their standard of living,” he said. Rice farmers