Business Mirror

October 20, 2010

SEN Francis Kiko Pangilinan has congratulated Filipina Broadway veteran Lea Salonga for being chosen as Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.The thespian was appointed by the United Nations for this role

alongside Italian actor Raoul Bova Canadian singer Celine Dion and American actress Susan Sarandon.

“We congratulate Ms Lea Salonga for having been named Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

Her status will certainly bring much-needed attention to food and agriculture issues and we hope this paves the way for more discussion and dialogue on the issues that affect majority, if not al,l of our people,” Pangilinan said.

“As chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture we enjoin all sectors of society to forge stronger partnerships to ensure food security and the opening up of more opportunities for our agricultural workers.

We cannot hide the fact that the Philippines is an agricultural country so we need policies that would address the lack of investments in agriculture productivity food security income and

livelihood in this sector,” Pangilinan said in a statement.

 

 

 

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