Press StatementOctober 26, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice and Rural Development and of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, today says that should the proposed sale of the Food Terminal Incorporated push through, its proceeds should be plowed back to the agriculture sector,

Bernadette E. TamayoJournal OnlineOctober 26, 2011THE government must spend precious public funds on developing the agricultural sector and not on military operations against alleged “rogue” members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Sen. Francis Pangilinan made this appeal a day after the military launched an air strike on suspected MILF

ABS-CBNNews.comOctober 25, 2011MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) should put up a subsidy for adaptive varieties of rice seeds to ensure ample production of the staple amid tightening global supply due to heavy flooding in major exporters Vietnam and Thailand, a senator said Tuesday.Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said

Press StatementOctober 25, 2011Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Foods Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan calls on the Department of Agriculture to release funds and subsidize adaptive varieties of seeds to farmers as flooding in Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand could drive world prices of rice anew.“Thailand may lose

Sun Star OnlineOctober 25, 2011MANILA — Food, not bombs, will bring peace to conflict-ridden areas of Mindanao, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Tuesday.Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, said this after the Armed Forces of the Philippines launched airstrikes Monday against a reported breakaway faction of the

Mario B. CasayuranTempoOctober 25, 2011Manila, Philippines – Do not show mercy for the so-called murderous “lost commands’’ of the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) whose rampage in Mindanao last week snuffed the lives of 44 persons, mostly Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldiers and Philippine National Police (PNP)

Press ReleaseOctober 25, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chair of both the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, challenged the government to spend billions on strengthening agriculture and food production in Mindanao, as opposed to “wasting precious resources that will needlessly destroy lives and property.”Pangilinan

Press StatementOctober 24, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice and Rural Development and of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, calls on the government to temporarily suspend talks with the MILF pending a review of the ceasefire agreement. Pangilinan made the call as reports

ABS-CBNNews.comOctober 23, 2011MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi should at least be a warning and a reminder to everyone who has political power not to abuse it.“It should make political leaders pause to think hard about the essence of power and