Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has filed a resolution congratulating and commending Filipino P-pop supergroup SB19 for becoming the first Filipino act to perform at Lollapalooza, one of the world 's largest and most influential music festivals. Filed on Tuesday, August 4, Senate Resolution...
As heavy monsoon rains continue to inundate the country, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan called for the development of a comprehensive national flood management plan and a full accounting of public funds allocated for flood control projects. In a statement on Monday, August 10, Pangilinan...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday, August 6 stressed the need to ensure that the welfare and sentiments of farmers and other affected communities will not be set aside in the proposed Pax Silica project. Pangilinan pointed this out in reacting to Jessica Soho’s feature on Pax...
The Senate Impeachment Court, a usually divided body, has united to congratulate tennis star Alex Eala after she victoriously became the first Filipino player to win a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 500 singles title. Senate Impeachment Court presiding officer Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, July 21, urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to exhaust all its resources and means to make China accountable after a reported assault by members of the China Coast Guard against a Philippine Navy officer during a recent resupply mission...
Senators on Friday, July 17 condemned the racist depiction of Filipinos by a China-based media outlet, stressing that free expression carries no license for racism or dehumanization. “Freedom of expression, even in political disputes, is not a license to dehumanize people. Racism has no space in...
Senators on Sunday, July 12 expressed confidence that the July 12, 2016 ruling of an arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which invalidated China’s so-called “nine-dash line” and affirmed the Philippines’ sovereign rights to explore, explore and manage...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday, June 25 slammed the disinformation being peddled about the Juvenile Justice Act, saying the lies being circulated about the law do not make Filipino families safer. Pangilinan, primary author of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act or Republic...
Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said that the suspects in the fatal school shooting in Tacloban cannot simply be released even if they are minors. Three students were killed, and seven others were wounded in a shooting incident at San Jose National High School here at around 9 a.m. Monday, June...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, June 16 vowed to hold the former bodyguards of ex-congressman Zaldy Co accountable for linking him and members of his family to the flood control scam. This, after the 18 ex-bagmen of Co accused the senator during a press conference led by former...
Two weeks after a dramatic power shift ended a two-day Senate deadlock, senators are set to return for a special session amid renewed speculation that Senator Sherwin Gatchalian could finally be formally installed as Senate President. This was after President Marcos called Congress to a special...
Sen. Erwin Tulfo said on Saturday, June 13, that Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan is being eyed to lead a subcommittee that will handle the chamber’s investigation into the anomalous flood control projects. In an interview on DWIZ, Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, explained that...
