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Senator Francis Pangilinan said while the Philippines’ trade revenues from fishery reach an average US$954-million each year but the country’s 1.7-million fisher folk are among the poorest due to lack [...]

President Duterte’s apology is laudable — Pangilinan
August 15, 2016

Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan on Sunday lauded the apology of President Rodrigo Duterte for the ‘harsh words’ he uttered to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno amid the intensified anti-illegal drug [...]

Pangilinan pushes for calamity-ready rice reserve
July 20, 2016

To mitigate the crippling effects of a possible La Niña, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is proposing a measure that would establish a strategic rice reserve to help ensure food security [...]

NFA MAY NOT IMPORT ADDITIONAL RICE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016
January 28, 2016

  With figures from the Food Security Committee showing sufficient rice supply until the end of June, the National Food Authority (NFA) Council unanimously decided in its 106th regular meeting [...]

FOOD SECURITY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS BEEFING-UP PHL RICE STOCKS FOR EL NIÑO
September 9, 2015

There is no better option than being prepared. The looming impact of the El Niño phenomenon has prompted the Inter-agency Food Security Committee (FSC) on Rice to allow the National [...]

Commercial rice prices continue to dive
May 26, 2015

Prices of commercial rice were monitored to be decreasing contrary to reports that rice prices have gone up. NFA Administrator Renan Dalisay, during actual inspection of rice sold in public [...]

OPAFSAM, NFA SEIZE P15‐M WORTH OF SMUGGLED RICE
May 25, 2015

The Office of the Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (OPAFSAM) and the National Food Authority (NFA) on Wednesday seized P15 million worth of illegally imported rice as [...]

Aquino eyes 2 senators for Cabinet
June 7, 2012

Juliet Labog-JavellanaPhilippine Daily InquirerJune 7, 2012 LONDON –  President Benigno Aquino III has said that he was considering two senators, whose terms will expire next year, to join  his Cabinet. [...]

Ping, Kiko to join Cabinet: Lacierda
June 7, 2012

David DizonABS-CBNnews.comJune 7, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang confirmed Thursday that Senators Panfilo Lacson and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan will soon be joining President Aquino’s Cabinet. Asked if the appointments are [...]

Hike in judiciary budget eyed
June 6, 2012

June 5, 2012Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – A Senator on Tuesday said the government should allocate more funds to the country’s judiciary to improve the justice system. In an ANC [...]

Pangilinan seeks more transparent JBC process
June 6, 2012

June 5, 2012Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday  urged the Judicial and Bar Council to open to the public the proceedings of the Judicial and Bar [...]

Kiko: Outsider as CJ may aid reforms
June 6, 2012

David DizonABS-CBNnews.comJune 5, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday said he is open to the idea of bringing an outsider to become the new Chief Justice. [...]