Press ReleaseSeptember 22, 2010Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today helped uncover containers full of smuggled onions valued at P9million at the Port of Manila, South Harbor.”Smuggled produce strike a serious blow to our farmers’ livelihood. When these flood the market, our farmers earn less

Niko BanuaABS-CBNNews.comSeptember 22, 2010MANILA, Philippines – Around P10 million worth of smuggled onions were seized on Wednesday by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the South Harbor in Manila.Eight containers filled with onions arrived in the country earlier this month, Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez said.The shipment’s consignee, Blueharbor Inc., declared

Helen Flores with Marvin SyThe Philippine StarSeptember 18, 2010MANILA, Philippines – The mother of George Francis, the baby abandoned on a Gulf Air jet last Sept. 12, will not be reunited with her son  until the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) completes the extensive examination on the child,

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Press ReleaseSeptember 15, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that the Supreme Court’s issuance of a status quo ante-order on the impeachment case against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez may have been arrived at prematurely and may set a precedent on how impeachment proceedings might be dealt with in the future.”We ask

MalayaJocelyn Montemayor with JP LopezSeptember 15, 2010PRESIDENT Aquino is expected to meet Chief Justice Renato Corona to discuss the budget of the judiciary and the threat of lower court judges to go on mass leave in protest of the slash in the judiciary’s proposed budget for 2011.The SC had asked

Press ReleaseSeptember 13, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today cautions the Executive against slashing the budget of the Judiciary, saying the government will have a hard time fulfilling its promise to curb corruption with a financially crippled justice system.Pangilinan is the author of RA 9227 which provides increase in budgetary support

Press ReleaseSeptember 8, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today recommends to the Aquino administration to convene the Judicial Executive Legislative Advisory and Consultative Council to modernize the judicial system and expedite cases more swiftly.”The hostage crisis was a crisis of law enforcement and respect for the rule of law. The cure

Efren L. DanaoThe Manila TimesSeptember 6, 2010Senators Francis Pangilinan and Joker Arroyo said Sunday that enough apologies had already been given by the Philippines on the death of eight Hong Kong tourists held hostage by a dismissed Manila policemen. At the same time, the head of the country’s police forces,