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Solon funds ‘Sagip Saka’ program
Visayan Daily StarFbruary 4, 2012CEBU CITY — A solon allocated at least P100 million of his pork barrel funds for the “Sagip Saka” advocacy program of the 24 agricultural communities nationwide, a government press release said. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the senate committees on agriculture and food, and social

Sagip Saka to increase incomes
Ernesto M. OrdoñezFebruary 3, 2012Philippine Daily InquirerSagip Saka, launched by Senator Francis Pangilinan with full support from Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, is a breakthrough for farmers. In fact, it is the second breakthrough. The first occurred almost a year ago with the Agriculture and Fisheries 2025 (AF 2025) Conference held

Kiko deplores the spate of separate incidents of campus violence
News ReleaseFebruary 2, 2012Chairman of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, urges PNP officials to look into two separate incidents of hostilities from the University of the Philippines and the Navotas Polytechnic College.According to news reports, a UP student was stabbed at the Office of the

Sen. Pangilinan, Sec Alcala launch ‘Sagip Saka’
Department of AgriculturePhoto ReleaseJanuary 30, 2012 Senator Francis Pangilinan (right) and Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala (2nd from right) hand over a symbolic golden shovel to Oriental Mindoro Governor Aurelio Umali (2nd from left) and Felix Baguilat of Ifugao, representing the first batch of beneficiaries of ‘Sagip Saka,’ an

Sen. Kiko Pangilinan’s Keynote Speech at the Sagip Saka launching (English version)
SAGIP SAKA LAUNCH Sen. Kiko Pangilinan’s Keynote Speech (English version) January 27, 2012 Kalayaan Hall, Club Filipino, Greenhill, San Juan A good morning to everyone. Indeed, what a great morning today is because we are all gathered here today to breathe new life into agriculture and to give critical support

Sen. Kiko Pangilinan’s Keynote Speech at the Sagip Saka launching (Filipino version)
SAGIP SAKA LAUNCHSen. Kiko Pangilinan’s Keynote SpeechJanuary 27, 2012Kalayaan Hall, Club Filipino, Greenhill, San JuanMagandang umaga sa lahat. Tunay ngang maganda ang ating umaga ngayong araw na ito dahil sa pagtitipon natin ngayon ay binibigyan natin ng bagong buhay ang isang sektor na maaari nating sabihing naghihingalo. Ang ating mga

Sagip Saka
What is Sagip Saka? Sagip Saka is an advocacy to achieve sustainable modern agriculture and food security by transforming agricultural communities to reach their full potential, improving farmers’ and fishers’ quality of life, and bridging gaps through public-private partnerships. It will do this through interventions in the following

Pangilinan, DA launch farm intervention project
Manila Times January 28,2012 The Office of Sen. Francis Pangilinan and the Department of Agriculture (DA) along with key stakeholders in the farming sector launched on Friday the Sagip Saka program, which aims to pilot various interventions for some 24 agricultural communities nationwide. Under the Sagip Saka initiative, Pangilinan

Number of witnesses a cause for concern – Kiko
ABS-CBNNews.comJanuaryy 28, 2012MANILA, Philippines – Senator-judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Saturday expressed concern over the number of witnesses that the prosecution plans to present for the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.The senator said it could take 10 months for the prosecution to present a hundred witnesses