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

Jess MalabananManila Standard TodayMarch 30, 2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The country’s first green energy cold plant was launched on Friday to serve Pampanga and the central and northern Luzon.“We are the first in Central Luzon and in the country,” said Alfredo Lagman Jr., president and chief executive, of ALMA

Press ReleaseMarch 25, 2012Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, calls on the Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and local governments to develop support mechanisms for fisherfolk whose incomes are drastically affected by red tide.Pangilinan makes

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Zambo TimesMarch 14, 2012MANILA — Senator-judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan questioned on Tuesday the Supreme Court (SC) for allowing SC chief judicial staff officer Arceli Bayuga to testify for the defense despite SC ruling barring its employees to appear before the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.”She was the witness

ABS-CBNews.comMarch 13, 2012MANILA, Philippines – Senator-Judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has expressed concern over the Supreme Court’s decision to choose who among the high court’s employees may appear in the impeachment court.”We now have an issue where the Supreme Court, whose Chief Justice is on trial in the impeachment court, can

Press ReleaseMarch 13, 2012Senator-Judge Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan manifests in the impeachment court that he is wary of the Supreme Court’s arbitrary selection of witnesses it allows to appear in the impeachment court.“We now have an issue where the Supreme Court, whose Chief Justice is on trial in the impeachment court,

The Philippine StarMarch 11, 2012MANILA, Philippines – On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan, chair of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, calls for more investments and public-private partnerships directed at empowering women in the agricultural sector.“Experience across different