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

Press ReleaseApril 26, 2012 For Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, land distribution is only the first step to social justice for the farmers of Hacienda Luisita, but it is not enough.”The bigger challenge now would be to

TempoApril 25, 2012Manila, Philippines – The Philippines should not allow itself to be drawn as unwitting pawns in the internal affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PROC) as its incursions into the Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal could be politically motivated.This was the advice of Senator Francis Pangilinan who said the

Mark Anthony N. ManuelManila BulletinApril 24, 2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, has urged the national government to tap the agriculture and fisheries sectors as viable solutions to solve poverty and to

News ReleaseApril 25, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan calls on the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to quickly resolve the slaying of Judge Henry D. Arles, Executive Judge of Regional Trial Court

New ReleaseApril 23, 2012Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today cautions Filipinos against being unwitting pawns in what could possibly be a politically motivated show of force of China in their excursions into the Scarborough Shoal.”We should not allow our country to be unwittingly drawn into the escalating tensions over the Scarborough

News ReleaseApril 20, 2012Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, points out that in light of the country’s current socio-economic climate, both the government and the private sector should look to increasing investments in Philippine agriculture and fisheries

Michael Lim Ubac, TJ BurgonioPhilippine Daily InquirerMarch 30, 2012Farmers are threatening to mount protests unless President Benigno Aquino III breaks his silence on the contentious coconut levy fund after the Supreme Court ruling a year ago, which said a P60-billion block of shares in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) belonged to