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Senate gives Comelec time to discuss extension of voter registration

September 24, 2021

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.

September 23, 2021

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

September 21, 2021

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.

Govt buying anti-Covid face masks at retail price is overpricing: Pangilinan

September 19, 2021

THE Philippine government has admitted to buying face masks based on suggested retail price (SRP), not wholesale price, and that is overpricing, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Sunday. SRP is the price at which products are sold to consumers. At the seventh Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing on the Covid-19

Rest in peace, Dinky

September 19, 2021

“Rest in peace, my dear classmate. Hanggang sa huli, wala kang kapaguran sa mga laban para sa kapwa. Pahinga ka na sa gitna ng malawak at magandang bukid ng sunflowers sa langit. Sobrang lungkot namin ni Sharon sa iyong paglisan. Nabuhay at nagmahal ka ng buong-puso, nagbahagi ng iyong oras,

On media questions re cut of government hospitals’ budgets for 2022:

September 16, 2021

“Kaisa ako sa mga doktor, nars, medical technicians, at iba pang health-care workers sa kanilang hinaing tungkol sa 2022 budget. Sa mga pagsusuri na nakita natin, ang mga budget cuts ng mga government hospital, mga ospital na pinupuntahan ng marami nating kababayan, PCMC (para sa mga batang may sakit), binawasan

Appeal to Extend Voter Registration

September 14, 2021

Good evening to our colleagues. I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege. Noong Lunes, September 6, nagbukas na muli ang voter registration sa mga lugar sa ilalim ng Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine.

Inspection documents for China-made PPEs signed even before delivery, inspection

September 13, 2021

GOVERNMENT procurement personnel have been ordered to sign inspection documents for personal protective equipment (PPEs) from China even before the items were delivered or inspected.

Covid-19 is this generation’s 9/11: Pangilinan

September 11, 2021

“TODAY we remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost, including 20 Filipinos, in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks twenty years ago. Maraming kabataan ngayon, wala o konti na ang alaala sa nangyari sa Amerika noong araw na iyon. But the immeasurable loss continues to reverberate today. Binago ng 9/11 ang