Press StatementOctober 8, 2011Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Foods Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today urges Malacanang to allocate funds to fast track the recovery of losses incurred by the agricultural sector in the wake of typhoons Pedring and Quiel.“We need immediate restocking of bangus fingerlings in small

Press StatementOctober 8, 2011Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today urges the government to allocate funds to mitigate the damages to the country’s rice producing areas and help farmers recover quickly.“We need government’s intervention on our agricultural sector by securing our farmer’s yield

Press ReleaseOctober 7, 2011Agriculture and Fisheries 2025 (AF2025), an unprecedented and biggest gathering of the major players in the country’s agriculture and fisheries sector—from the farmers to the processors, traders, business decision makers, and the government agencies—met for the second time to follow up on the progress of agencies and

Press ReleaseOctober 6, 2011Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Foods Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today calls on Local Government Units and other concerned agencies to include typhoon drills as part of their efforts in disaster preparedness.“As a means to strengthen disaster preparedness and educate our citizens on the

Press StatementOctober 6, 2011Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today pushes for a higher budget allocation for crop insurance for farmers in the country, saying insurance is as equally important to farmers as access to credit.“We should find ways to help our farmers

Sun Star OnlineJonathan de SantosOctober 2, 2011SENATOR Francis Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, called Sunday for private sector’s support for the country’s farmers.Speaking in Bulacan before a countryside development summit of civic organization Gawad Kalinga, Pangilinan said the social enterprise and public-private partnership models can

Press ReleaseOctober 2, 2011Speaking at the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Countyside Development Summit, held Sunday at the GK “Enchanted Farm” in Angat, Bulacan, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan talked about using the social enterprise model and public-private partnerships to ensure sustainable agriculture in the Philippines.“Sustainable farming must begin with the community, ably

Press StatementSeptember 30, 2011Whatever was discussed during the summit does not bind the Senate in any way, and a separate act of the Senate is necessary if this is to become official. As it stands everything is unofficial and without any binding effect on any of the Senators. Even the

Bernadette TamayoJournalSeptember 28, 2011SENATOR Francis Pangilinan yesterday said that based on information from his sources, part of QUEDANCOR’s P1billion loan from the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) was diverted to finance the ‘retirement plan’ for QUEDANCOR officials, and the rest was used for questionable transactions.“Our sources relayed to us that