Press ReleaseNovember 9, 2011Speaking before Filipino and Chinese businessmen from the export and agricultural industries, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, said on Tuesday that before the country can fully take advantage of export opportunities in China, it must first “be able to

Press ReleaseNovember 8, 2011In a two-day conference called “ReImagine: Pilipinas Ugma”, movers, shakers, thinkers, and doers from various sectors of Philippine society converged in Cordova, Cebu to re-imagine the Philippines 25 years hence.They started by shattering destructive myths and “historical” errors, and also by recognizing that Filipinos need to build

News ReleaseNovember 7, 2011Amidst reports that there will be future increase in prices of basic goods, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that the putting up of cold storage facilities around key agricultural areas around the country can keep food prices down.“Putting up of cold storage in Benguet, Davao, and

News ReleaseNovember 5, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo brought upon herself her current predicament and should not blame the Department of Justice for not allowing her to travel.“She should have been forthright about her health status from the very beginning. She can hardly blame

Press ReleaseNovember 4, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, a vocal critic of the Arroyo administration, today expresses his approval for Justice Secretary Leila de Lima’s decision to bar the former president from leaving the country, supposedly for medical treatment.“Suportado natin ang desisyon ni Secretary De Lima,” Pangilinan says, then asks the

Press ReleaseNovember 4, 2011As peace talks resume today in Kuala Lumpur, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan urges the GPH and MILF Peace Panel to discuss extensively various issues in the peace negotiations that have been left unresolved to prevent the escalation of violence between government and MILF forces. These include: areas

Marlon PurificacionNovember 4, 2011Journal OnlineSENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate committees on agriculture and food, and social justice and rural development, has called for an expansion of the backyard gardening component of the Aquino administration’s “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program”, otherwise known as CCT, to alleviate rising hunger amid

Press ReleaseNovember 3, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today stresses that the next Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Chief-of-Staff must be someone who can help end the insurgency swiftly and be “an instrument of lasting peace.”Pangilinan makes the statement after it has been declared that AFP Chief-of-Staff General Eduardo Oban, Jr.

Press ReleaseNovember 3, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, calls for an expansion of the backyard gardening component of the Aquino administration’s “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program”, otherwise known as CCT, to alleviate rising hunger amid rising food