Press StatementNovember 22, 2011Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan weighs in on the latest move by the Arroyos to nullify as unconstitutional the DOJ-COMELEC panel that filed the election sabotage charges against former president and now Pampanga representative, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.”It is my understanding that this afternoon the Supreme Court will deliberate on

Press StatementNovember 22, 2011   Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan files Resolution 642 in the Senate, declaring November 23 of every year to be a national day to end impunity.”It’s been two years since the gruesome event and still our countrymen cry out for justice for the victims of the Maguindanao

Press ReleaseNovember 20, 2011Now that former president, now Pampanga representative, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is being arrested for electoral sabotage, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan points out that the “right to travel” issue was a “one-dimensional” angle that attempted to keep the larger issues of accountability and true justice away from public debate.He

Press StatementNovember 19, 2011A day after the court served a warrant of arrest to former president and now Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan points out that the bigger issue now hounding the Supreme Court is that of accountability and justice.He says, “It is my view that one cannot

Press StatementNovember 18, 2011We welcome this latest development. The Supreme Court TRO for all intent and purposes becomes ineffectual because of the latest turn of events. This is clearly a victory for justice and public accountability.It is ironic that it had to take a lower court rather than the Supreme

Jonathan de SantosSunstar OnlineNovember 17, 2011IT IS high time to review the Philippines’ defense agreements with the United States, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, a former Defense minister, said Thursday.He made these remarks after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario signed the Manila

Press ReleaseNovember 17, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today hails the government’s thrust in modernizing agriculture and improving the lives of farmers and fisherfolk, saying this is a major step towards the country’s goal of becoming a developed nation.“The 60 percent increase from the previous year’s budget to 2012’s P61.7 billion

Press ReleaseNovember 16, 2011As Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband, Juan Miguel Arroyo, are preparing to leave the Philippines to seek “medical treatment” for the former president, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan reminds the Supreme Court and the Department of Justice that it is the government’s obligation to ensure that

Press ReleaseNovember 15, 2011As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Manila to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the US-PH Mutual Defense Treaty and the 50th anniversary of USAID, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday says that the US still owes the Philippines billions more in