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

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