News ReleaseMay 9, 2012Senator-judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan weighs in on impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona’s apparent decision to testify during his impeachment trial:“Perhaps they have come to realize that to ignore the public clamor, as well as the clamor of senator-judges for the Chief Justice to appear and explain his

News ReleaseMay 8, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, and Co-chairman of the Agriculture and Fisheries Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), renews his call for the government to look into the country’s agriculture and fisheries sector for generating employment,

News ReleaseMay 6, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, and Co-chairman of the Agriculture and Fisheries Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), calls on the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to “shore up the drive against rampant smuggling of agricultural products”

News ReleaseMay 6, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today urges voters to do their research this early in order for them to choose wisely in the 2013 midterm elections.“President Aquino has made tremendous headway in the fight against corruption, and has had to make hard decisions in doing so. We are

Press StatementMay 4, 2012For genuine change to happen, continuity and consistency in policy reforms on corruption and poverty alleviation are key. We need at least a decade and a half of such continuity and consistency if we are to truly reach developed-nation status in the year 2030, or less than

News ReleaseApril 30, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, a member of the Liberal Party, challenged partymates to “stay true to the reform agenda” set by the Aquino administration and include fresh names in the 2013 slate to “challenge ‘trapo’ politics and give progressive candidates a chance to serve the country.”“We dared

ABS-CBNNews.comApril 30, 2012Pangilinan suggests PNoy’s cousinMANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan challenged his partymates in the Liberal Party to bring in “fresh blood” to its 2013 slate to challenge traditional politics, or the so-called “trapo.”In a statement, Pangilinan said: “We dared to rock the vote and create change in

Virgil LopezSun Star ManilaApril 27, 2012Following the Supreme Court decision affirming the breaking up of Hacienda Luisita, the government must ensure the vast sugar estate will become a viable source of income for over 6,200 farmworker-beneficiaries, a senator said Friday.Otherwise, these farmers will just sell the land if based on

Carla GomezThe Visayan Daily StarApril 26, 2012Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday condemned the murder of Kabankalan Regional Trial Court Judge Hernry Arles in Ilog town Tuesday night and called on the police to immediately hunt down his assassins.Supreme Court spokesperson and Court Administrator Midas Marquez told the media