Press ReleaseApril 13, 2009  KIKO PANGILINAN FILES RESOLUTION TO CONDUCT INQUIRY IN GRANTING CLEMENCY TO MANALILI   Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today filed Resolution No. 969, directing the proper Senate Committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the procedure of the Board of Pardons and Parole

Press ReleaseApril 13, 2009   HOUSE-ONLY CON-ASS RESOLUTION A WASTE OF TIME AND RESOURCES- KIKO PANGILINAN   “Sinasayang lang ng iilan sa House of Representatives ang pondo at oras ng gobyerno at ng taumbayan sa pagsulong ng illegal na House-only Con-Ass,” said Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today as Congress

Press ReleaseApril 3, 2009    PANGILINAN:CLEMENCY TO MANALILI IS VICTIMIZING MURDERED VICTIMS TWICE OVER   Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan expressed outrage over President Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo’s granting of clemency to convicted mastermind of Cochise-Beebom double murder in 1990.  “The decision to grant clemency to Rodolfo Manalili is deplorable. The murders

Press ReleaseApril 3, 2009   PANGILINAN TO VFA COMMISSION: WHO DO YOU SERVE?   Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan criticized VFA Commission Undersecretary Edilberto Adan’s hasty retort to reports that U.S. troops involved in Balikatan exercises are given women nightly in Bicol.  “This is not a case of mistaken identity.

Press ReleaseApril 1, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN ON TSAO’S APOLOGY: MABUHAY ANG MANGGAGAWANG PILIPINO   “Mabuti naman at nag-sorry siya.” This was what Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan said after Chip Tsao made his public apology Wednesday afternoon.  In his article “The War At Home”, Tsao mentioned that the Philippines

Press ReleaseApril 1, 2009   KIKO PANGILINAN TO OIL COMPANIES: MAAWA NAMAN KAYO SA MAMAMAYANG PILIPINO!   Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan today criticized the big oil companies as petroleum prices continue to soar.  “These oil companies should be sensitive to the plight of the public,” said Pangilinan. “Marami ang

Press ReleaseMarch 31, 2009  KIKO PANGILINAN: GIVE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS THE POWER TO PROSECUTE   Independent Senator and justice reforms advocate Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan restates the need for the Commission on Human Rights “to have prosecutorial powers, to give it teeth; to make it proactive and relevant.”  Pangilinan made

Press ReleaseMarch 26, 2009   PANGILINAN: HOUSE-ONLY CHACHA IS ARROGANCE, ABUSE OF POWERIndependent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today slams Congress’ continued efforts in bypassing the Senate in passing cha-cha.  “As principal author of the resolution that has been signed by all senators and subsequently adopted by the Senate against ‘House-only Cha-cha’,

Press ReleaseMarch 25, 2009   PROPONENTS OF CHA-CHA ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE-KIKO PANGILINAN   Independent Senator Kiko Pangilinan warns those behind the push for Charter change are making “a big mistake if they think they can ram it down the throats of a people already sick and tired of abuses