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Pangilinan fully supports #LabanLeni2022
“Buong-buo kong sinusuportahan ang pagtakbo ni Leni sa pagkapangulo ng Pilipinas. We, the Filipino people, deserve only the best. Tayong mga Pilipino, kailangan da best ang mga pinuno. Saan ka pa? Walang masyadong pondo, pero umaapaw na tulong at gawa, lalo na ngayong pandemya. Sabi ni Leni, sama-sama tayong tumaya

Open-close lockdowns close opportunities for first-time job seekers: Pangilinan
A NEW generation of fresh graduates is having a hard time entering the labor force as the unemployment rate jumped up in August due to quarantine restrictions, said Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan Friday. “Yung close-open na lockdown, nag-c-close ng oportunidad sa mga gustong maghanapbuhay. Marami na ang nawalan ng trabaho

Let Pinoys eat safe veggies, stop smuggle of Chinese veggies: Pangilinan
AS SMUGGLED vegetables from China continue to flood the Philippine market, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan calls for an inquiry into their proliferation that danger

Senate approves voter registration extension bill
WITH only three days left before the Comelec deadline, the Senate on Monday, voting 23-0-0, approved on third and final reading the bill seeking to extend voter registration until October 31, 2021. Following Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan’s adopted resolutions (SRN 851 and S. Ct. Res. 17), all 24 Senators crafted

Pangilinan calls on gov’t to look into sale of smuggled carrots in Benguet
SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan expressed alarm over the reported sale of smuggled carrots in the province of Benguet. “Nakakaalarma ito dahil apektado ang benta ng mga taga-Benguet sa pagpasok ng puslit na carrots,” said Pangilinan. The senator said concerned authorities, especially the Department of Agriculture, should investigate this reported smuggling

Inspection reports of P4.4-B in govt transactions deleted in PS-DBM submissions: Pangilinan
AT LEAST 19 documents previously uploaded in a Google Drive submitted by the Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service (PS-DBM) went missing or were deleted from the same folder, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Friday. The documents involve government transactions worth P4.4 billion. “The missing documents, most of

Senate gives Comelec time to discuss extension of voter registration
AS both Houses of Congress move to legislate the extension of voter registration, the Senate gave the Commission on Elections time to deliberate its next steps. At Friday’s budget hearing, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan suggested that the subcommittee defer consideration of the Comelec budget to give the poll body a

Pangilinan to Comelec: Don’t ‘ghost’ voters lining up to register as early as 2 a.m.
FILIPINOS lining up as early as 2 a.m. proves that voter registration needs to be extended, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Thursday, a week before the September 30 deadline.

‘Nagsusunog ng pera sa gitna ng pandemya’: Pangilinan
AS MUCH as P1.25 billion were potentially lost to the government by paying in full Covid-19 test kits that are near-expiry, and P550 million from test kits that have expired.