OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR FRANCIS “KIKO” PANGILINAN JUDICIARY 2026 BUDGET (AS DELIVERED) 19 NOV 2025 (WED) | SENATE SESSION HALL THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU MAJORITY LEADER, (AND) DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES, MAGANDANG ARAW PO. IT IS FULL CIRCLE FOR THIS REPRESENTATION AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE J THAT WILL

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan defended and sponsored the P184.09-billion proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its attached agencies on Tuesday, November 18, hurdling through questions raised by his colleagues on the agency’s various programs meant to uplift the lives of farmers and fisherfolk.  In his opening statement,

Mahigit isang taon nang naipasa ang Anti-Agriculture Economic Sabotage Law of 2024. Pero ang ₱500 million na mandatong pondo para sa operations nito ay di pa rin na-re-release.  Ni-request ng Anti-Economic Sabotage Council ang pondo noong July. Pero wala pa rin.  Habang walang pondo, bilyon-bilyong halaga ng smuggled rice, chicken,

MR. PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES, MAGANDANG GABI PO. NARIRITO PO TAYO NGAYON UPANG IHARAP ANG BUDGET NG DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AT NG MGA KALAKIP NITONG AHENSIYA AT KORPORASYON, NA MAY KABUUANG HALAGA NA ₱184,098,577,000.00, BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS: BILANG PANGUNAHING INSTITUSYON NA NANGUNGUNA SA PAGPAPAUNLAD NG AGRIKULTURA AT PANGISDAAN, ANG DEPARTMENT

This is not to ask questions, but to request for a submission. In the budget hearings of the DBCC, we requested for the purchases of LGUs, of food items – annual. And the DBM provided us with data that the national government purchases about 74 billion pesos worth of food

“Huwag natin paghintayin ang mga magpapalay. Huwag maligaw sa burukrasya ang bagong rice tariff-setting guidelines at ng natitirang unreleased 13 billion in RCEF funds.  Nangako ang ating mga economic managers na lalabas ang bagong rice tariff-setting guidelines first week ng December. Malapit na ang deadline.  Huwag naman nang ma-delay ‘yan

Amid negative public sentiments about the government’s capacity to hold corrupt officials accountable, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday, November 17, revealed plans to propose a measure that would create a congressional commission to review and address the gaps in the Philippines’ justice system.  He lamented the low conviction rate

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan demanded to see the Discaya couple’s alleged payoff ledger, which includes the names of the officials who supposedly received kickbacks from their construction companies.  During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s resumption of hearing on the anomalous infrastructure projects on Friday, November 14, the senator pressed contractors

The smuggled agricultural products in the two 40-foot containers inspected by Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) late last month tested positive for salmonella, making the products unfit for human consumption and posing health risks to consumers.  The senator on Friday, November 14, cited the report