While recognizing the importance of the fight against corruption, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said he declined to chair the powerful Senate Blue Ribbon Committee because he wants to focus on leading agricultural reforms to push his 15-year-long fight for food security and rural development.  During an interview with DZRH on

Are big-time smugglers untouchable? This was the question raised by Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan during the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform’s public hearing on Tuesday, October 7, when he learned that most of the agricultural smuggling cases have been dismissed because of a lack of sufficient evidence. 

As Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan cited in contempt two brokers on Tuesday, October 7, who repeatedly refused to disclose the identities of individuals behind multi-million-peso agricultural smuggling operations. Pangilinan stressed that such defiance constitutes not only disrespect to the

GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS OUR THIRD HEARING ON THE PRIVILEGE SPEECHES DELIVERED LAST AUGUST OF SENATOR RAFFY TULFO ON THE RICE TARIFFICATION LAW AND OUR OWN ON AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CRISES. IF YOU REMEMBER, KUNG MAAALALA NIYO, SA IKALAWANG PAGDINIG NOONG SEPTEMBER 15, HUMARAP SA ATIN SI DEXTER JUALA, ISANG

I hope Senator Ping will reconsider his decision to resign as Chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee. My sense was and is that while there were a number of our colleagues in the Majority bloc who disagreed with some earlier public pronouncements made by him, the matter had been threshed

Isang pagpupugay sa ating mga tumatayong surrogate parents sa pagdiriwang ng Teacher’s Day. Kung ang kabataan ang kinabukasan at ang pag-asa ng bayan, ang titser naman ang panday ng kinabukasan at pag-asa ng bayan. Nasa dugo ng pamilya ang pagtuturo. Ang Mommy kong si Emma, teacher sa UP Preparatory School

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan wants local government units (LGUs) to be more proactive in setting a floor price for government purchases of palay (unhusked rice) as he works with Malacañang and the Department of Agriculture (DA) in drafting an executive order to stabilize the price of palay and increase farmers’

Ginugunita natin ngayong araw ang marahas na pagpaslang sa isang batikan at matapang na broadcaster na si ka percy lapid.Ang kanyang pagkawala ay isang malaking dagok sa malayang pamamahayag sa ating bansa.  Kinitil ng mga salarin ang tinig ng isang malaya, makabuluhan, at makatotohanang komentaryo, lalo na sa pagpapanagot sa

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has called for the establishment of a clear and systematic mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness of government interventions aimed at improving the livelihood of coconut farmers across the country. During the pre-budget hearing of the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday, Sept. 30, the senator and