We welcome the ruling as a victory for the Filipino people as well as for all nations opposing China’s all-encompassing nine-dash line claim. The decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration can serve as a reboot in the stalled China-Philippines diplomatic relations. It gives a smaller nation like our own

Minors who commit crimes should be held responsible, but possible amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act should not only specify a particular age, but rather specific crimes and circumstances, Senator Francis Pangilinan, author of the original law, said Thursday. The senator was reacting to the resolution filed by presumptive House

Ang pagpapataas ng kita ng mga magsasaka at mangingisda ay layunin ng legislative agenda ni Senador Francis Pangilinan para sa 17th Congress, kung saan kanyang inihain ang Sagip Saka bill at ang batas na magbubuo sa isang Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. “Noong kampanya, nilibot natin ang bansa at

Increasing the incomes of farmers and fisherfolk is the aim of Senator Francis Pangilinan’s legislative agenda for the 17th Congress, as he filed the Sagip Saka bill and the measure seeking the creation of a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, among others. “During the campaign, we went around the

“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