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Gringo for JPE as Senate president
Efren L. DanaoThe Manila TimesJune 15, 2010Sen. Gregorio Honasan said Monday that he would vote for Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile if he decides to run to retain his post. Enrile had already declared that he would not actively campaign for the Senate presidency in the incoming Fifteenth Congress. He

Kiko Pangilinan to outgoing administration: Stop lecturing the incoming Aquino administration
Press ReleaseJune 15, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is baffled by the Arroyo administration’s continuous stream of unsolicited advice to President-elect Noynoy Aquino, particularly on how to run its government.”Why should we listen to a discredited regime tainted with scandal and corruption? They have no business lecturing the incoming administration considering

Kiko: LP could tap allies to bag Senate presidency
Amita O. LegaspiGMANews.TVJune 11, 2010Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan estimates that the Liberal Party could get 12 votes in the Senate — only one vote short of the 13 needed to secure the Senate presidency.In a weekly news forum at the Senate, Pangilinan said the LP could be considered as a

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