RemateErnie ReyesApril 13, 2011HINILING ni Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan na imbestigahan ang kontrobersiyal na ulat ng National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) na umano’y may nakaambang kakapusan ng suplay ng pagkain sa bansa.Nangangamba si Pangilinan na baka gamitin lamang ng ilang indibiduwal na negosyante o grupo ang sitwasyon upang magkamal ng

Bernadette Tamayo and Tess BedicoJournal OnlineApril 14, 2011SENATOR Francis Pangilinan wants to investigate the controversial report purportedly released by the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency indicating a looming food shortage in the country.Even President Benigno Aquino was put off by the sham report.Aquino said both  National Security  Adviser  Cesar  Garcia  and 

Paolo Romero and Artemio DumlaoThe Philippine StarApril 14, 2011FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecjia, Philippines  — President Aquino belied yesterday reports of a looming rice crisis and insisted that concerned government agencies claimed that the unrest in North Africa, the Middle East and the disaster in Japan could only affect the prices

Press ReleaseApril 13, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says he will file a resolution calling for an investigation on the controversial report purportedly released by the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) of a looming food shortage in the country.“Hindi biro ang usaping ito at lubhang napaka-sensitibo para gamitin ng ilang

Jill Beltran and Jonathan de SantosSun Star ManilaApril 13, 2011MANILA – The government on Tuesday denied a looming rice crisis in the Philippines despite an intelligence report citing the shrinking supply of the staple food of most of the 90 million Filipinos.Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala denied the National Intelligence Coordinating

Maila AgerInquirer.netApril 13, 2011MANILA, Philippines—Senator Francis Pangilinan is set to file a resolution calling for an investigation on the report allegedly prepared by the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) about an impending rice crisis in the country.But NICA head, Trifonio Salazar, denied that there was such a report while Agriculture

Press ReleaseApril 12, 2011Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chair of the Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture, reacted on Tuesday to the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA)’s report that the country’s shrinking “rice supply” has become a matter of “national concern.”“We are not surprised with the results of the NICA report.

Jonathan de SantosSun Star OnlineApril 12, 2011MANILA — Planting hybrid rice and irrigating more fields will help avert a rice crisis forecast by the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Nica), the chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food said Tuesday.Senator Francis Pangilinan said that high-yield rice varieties can bolster

Anthony BayrongManila TimesApril 11, 2011IBA, Zambales: Sen. Francis Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate committee on Agriculture and food urge local mango growers in Zambales to produce more mangos for export to other countries, citing Zambales mango as “one of the sweetest mango in the world.Pangilinan who was the guest of