The government should hire El Nino-stricken farmers in Tarlac to work on the 13.37-billion-peso  while they cannot tend to their dry farms, senatorial re-electionist Kiko Pangilinan said. “Habang naghihintay ang ating mga magsasaka ng paglipas ng El Nino para mabungkal na nila ang lupa, maiging magkaroon sila ng panandaliang trabaho

Government agencies with food needs like the Department of Social Welfare and Development for its feeding program should buy directly from farmers so that farmers will be assured of a sure market for their produce and a steady income for their families, re-electionist senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said. This type

Senatorial re-electionist Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Friday called on the more than 1.3 million registered overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to exercise their right to vote, which for them starts tomorrow, April 9. “April 9 is the start of the month-long overseas absentee voting for Filipinos overseas. It is also Araw

MANILA – To uplift the standard of living of Filipino coconut farmers, government must intervene and support them in crop diversification and in the use of other parts of the tree of life, senator re-electionist Francis Pangilinan said. “Eighty percent of the country’s 3.5 million hectares of coconut farmlands are

With agricultural losses due to El Nino now at Php5.3 billion, former Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (PAFSAM) Secretary Francis Pangilinan on Monday reiterated his call for President Aquino to declare a national state of calamity in areas ravaged by the abnormal weather pattern, particularly the 21 provinces in Mindanao. And

  GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Speaking in the tuna capital of the Philippines, senatorial candidate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Friday called for the acceleration of bilateral talks over Philippine fishing rights in Indonesian waters that lapsed in 2006. “Naaapektuhan na ang ating maliliit na mandaragat. Dapat nang madaliin ang bilateral

MAGUINDANAO – Three weeks after the declaration of state of calamity in Maguindanao due to the longstanding dry spell, senatorial re-electionist Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Friday called for the creation of a separate calamity fund for the agriculture sector to provide immediate relief to affected farmers. “Ang mga pinsalang dala

Kinokondena natin ang napakarahas na pagpapaalis sa mga nagpoprotestang magsasakang nasasalanta ng tagtuyot na dulot ng El Nino mula pa nung Nobyembre sa lungsod ng Kidapawan. Gusto nating madaliang maimbestigahan ang insidente at malaman mula sa pamunuan ng PNP kung paano nagkaroon ng mga butas sa pagpapatupad ng crowd control

To stop impoverished Filipinos from eating “pagpag” or “garbage food”, senatorial candidate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is pushing for the passage of the Food Bank Law, which bans supermarkets, restaurants, and other food shops from throwing away or destroying unsold food, encouraging them instead to donate it to charities and food banks. “Pagpag”