Press ReleaseApril 27, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN EXPRESSED APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE OVER KAPATIRAN’S DRAFTING   Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today expressed his appreciation for Catholic political party Ang Kapatiran’s move to draft him as possible standard-bearer in 2010 presidential election.  Party president Eric Manalang lauded Pangilinan’s decision to run

Press ReleaseApril 24, 2009  KIKO PANGILINAN CONDEMNS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF SMITH   Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is outraged at the turn of events concerning US Marine Daniel Smith, who was able to fly out of the country a day after his acquittal. “Ito ay patunay na kapag ikaw ay

Press ReleaseApril 24, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN ASSAILS ‘NEVER SAY DIE CHACHA EXPRESS’   Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan expressed his frustration over the House of Representatives’ persistence in pushing for Charter Change. “Why are they so insistent on pushing for a patently illegal House-only con-ass? Why are they pushing

Press ReleaseApril 24, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN: ACQUITTAL OF SMITH RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS, VFA TO BLAME   Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan expressed serious concern over the acquittal of American Marine Daniel Smith by the Court of Appeals. “We are quite disturbed by the reversal coming as it

Press ReleaseApril 21, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN FILES RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SENATE’S SENSE OF QCPD ABUSE OF AUTHORITY   Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan filed Resolution 1003, expressing the sense of the Senate that the Quezon City police gravely abused their authority in enforcing warrantless arrests of relatives and helpers of

Press ReleaseApril 20, 2009  KIKO PANGILINAN: MILLIONS HAVE YET TO REGISTER, WARNS MASSIVE FIRST-TIME VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT   Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today challenged the Comelec to go “all-out in providing information dissemination” to get Filipinos to register for the coming 2010 elections.  A senate hearing was conducted regarding Pangilinan’s

Press ReleaseApril 20, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN TO HOUSE: ENOUGH OF CHACHA! WE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO AT THIS TIME!   Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today urged Congress to “stop making fools of Filipinos in pushing for amendments in the Constitution as a ploy for Charter Change.”  The

Press ReleaseApril 18, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN TO VERSOZA: PROTECT YOUR INSTITUTION, SACK MABANAG AND OTHERS WHO ORDERED THE ARREST   “Why relieve only the rank and file policemen? The police officials who ordered the illegal arrest are equally, if not more, guilty than their subordinates,” Independent senator Francis “Kiko”

Press ReleaseApril 15, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN TO PNP: STOP CRIMINALITY AND LAWLESSNESS   Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today expressed outrage over the ‘apparent breakdown in the law and order situation across the nation.”  Pangilinan made the statement in reaction to the recent killing of Department of Agriculture Cagayan regional executive