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Kiko Pangilinan not threatened by Sharon-Gabby TV reunion
ABS-CBNNews.comJue 10, 2010MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Francis Pangilinan is not jealous of actor Gabby Concepcion, who is the former husband of Sharon Cuneta.“No, I am secure,” Pangilinan, Cuneta’s second husband, said when asked if he got jealous following the recent television reunion of the megastar and Concepcion.He added in jest:

Arroyo telling political appointees to stay put?
ABS-CBNNews.comJue 10, 2010MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan revealed Thursday that President Arroyo is allegedly building up a group of loyalists in government by calling up appointed officials and urging them not to submit their courtesy resignations to the incoming administration.Pangilinan said among the appointees that Mrs.

PANGILINAN SAYS: Aquino’s camp just one vote shy to get Senate presidency
Maile AgerInquirer.netJune 10, 2010MANILA, Philippines—President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has 12 “potential allies” in the Senate and needs just one more vote for his camp to elect the upper chamber’s next president, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday said.Aside from himself, Pangilinan counted the support of three other Liberal Party

Excerpts from Kapihan sa Senado with Senator Kiko Pangilinan
June 10, 2010Transcribed by the Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB) ON THE LP TITLE “SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER” Yes, the function is new. Before, during the midterm elections wala ‘yan, kasi wala pang presidential elections noon. But for this recent elections, we were apprehensive na baka masyadong ma-focus ang LP doon

Arroyo Cabinet execs who won’t resign warned
Maila AgerInquirer.netJune 10, 2010Cabinet members of outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should submit their courtesy resignations “out of delicadeza” to avoid a revocation of their appointments by the new administration, a senator warned Thursday.MANILA, Philippines – Cabinet members of outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should submit their courtesy resignations “out of delicadeza”

Kiko Pangilinan: Bangit should stop being GMA’s puppet and should instead listen to his conscience
Press ReleaseJune 9, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that PGMA appointed AFP chief of staff General Delfin Bangit should step down once Senator Noynoy Aquino assumes office as the next President of the Philippines.”We have received information that the reason why General Bangit flip-flopped on the issue of resignation

Kiko Pangilinan: Bangit should stop being GMA’s puppet and should instead listen to his conscience
Press ReleaseJune 9, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that PGMA appointed AFP chief of staff General Delfin Bangit should step down once Senator Noynoy Aquino assumes office as the next President of the Philippines.”We have received information that the reason why General Bangit flip-flopped on the issue of resignation

Kiko Pangilinan to GMA’s midnight appointees: Submit courtesy resignations
Press ReleaseJune 4, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today says that GMA’s 250 midnight appointments are ‘totally deplorable’ and that those appointed should follow PNP Chief Jesus Versoza’s example by submitting their courtesy resignation upon the assumption of a new President.”Clearly these appointments are desperate acts of an outgoing President who

Senator Kiko Pangilinan raises red flag on P300 billion “Midnight Deal” for AFP modernization
Press ReleaseJune 1, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan warns the public against possible midnight deals being hatched by the Arroyo administration, supposedly in fulfillment of the long-delayed modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.Pangilinan issues the warning amid reports that Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales was planning to cram the purchase