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Ilang senador nakiusap sa DepEd na itulak ang pilot test ng face-to-face classes

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Posted at Feb 24 07:55 PM

Todo-pakiusap ngayong Miyerkoles ang ilang senador sa Department of Education na itulak kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pilot testing ng face-to-face classes.   Read more »

‘We need the experience’: Senators want dry run of face-to-face classes

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Posted at Feb 24 02:32 PM

Several senators on Wednesday expressed support for plans to conduct a dry run of limited face-to-face or in-person classes in very few schools in the country, even as President Rodrigo Duterte rejected the proposal due the continued threat of COVID-19.   Read more »

Frankie Pangilinan goes viral with hilarious reaction to parents' Valentine's Day celebration

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Updated as of Feb 15 10:31 PM

Frankie Pangilinan went viral after she posted on social media her hilarious reaction as to how her parents, screen veteran Sharon Cuneta and Senator Francis Pangilinan, celebrated Valentine’s Day. Read more »

Palasyo: 2021 buget, 'Bayanihan 2' tingnan muna kung sapat bago mag-'Bayanihan 3'

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Posted at Feb 08 09:34 PM

Tatlong panukala para sa 'Bayanihan 3' ang nakahain sa Kamara, kabilang ang isinusulong ni House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.  Read more »

Pangilinan seeks probe on government underspending

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 02:12 PM

Opposition Senator Francis Pangilinan said Thursday he would file a resolution next week to seek an investigation into the Duterte administration’s “underspending” of Bayanihan 1 and 2 funds. Read more »

The more you suppress them, the more they will fight: Pangilinan on student activism

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Posted at Jan 27 11:46 AM

Students are historically vocal about their opposition to government and have been catalysts for change, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said Wednesday as he called for the protection of their right to protest. Read more »

Senator files bill to institutionalize 'academic freedom' in state universities and colleges

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Posted at Jan 26 06:26 PM

Sen. Francis Pangilinan on Monday filed a bill that would institutionalize "academic freedom" amid concerns of "militarization" in some state colleges and universities’ (SUC) due to the government's anti-insurgency drive. Read more »

Mga bakunang donasyon mula China di basta-basta ituturok: DOH

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Posted at Jan 18 05:10 PM

Una nang sinabi ni Sen. Francis Pangilinan na hindi dapat ma-pressure ang FDA sa donasyong bakuna ng China. Read more »

Pangilinan to gov't ofcl's: Create a ‘group chat’ after conflicting remarks on PSG vaccination

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 01:46 PM

Opposition senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday took a swipe at administration officials for giving conflicting statements and positions on the vaccination of Presidential Security Group (PSG) members against the COVID-19. Read more »

Pangilinan: Officials leading COVID-19 response should 'get their act straight' on vaccine rollout

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 03:31 PM

MANILA - Officials leading the government's response to the pandemic should "get their act straight" in the planned COVID-19 vaccine rollout, a senator said Friday, saying any delay could cost more lives and hurt the economy further.   Read more »

Senators seek creation of water agency after record floods

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 02:09 PM

Senators on Wednesday urged government to form a separate department to manage water resources following Typhoon Ulysses' historic floods that inundated large swaths of Luzon. Read more »

Pangilinan wants inter-agency task force on water management

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Updated as of Nov 18 11:59 AM

An executive order that will make different agencies work together on managing issues on water may be better instead of instituting a separate department, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte defunding UP over student protests 'legally infirm' - Pangilinan

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Updated as of Nov 18 12:05 PM

It would be "legally infirm" for President Rodrigo Duterte to defund the University of the Philippines over student protests, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said Wednesday. Read more »

SC petitioners hit ‘fatally flawed’ IRR of anti-terror law in pushing for TRO

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 05:36 PM

MANILA - A group of petitioners against the anti-terror law led by veteran journalist Ma. Ceres Doyo, and senators Leila de Lima and Francis Pangilinan asked the Supreme Court Thursday yet again to act on their plea to stop the implementation of the law.   Read more »

21st century colonization? Pangilinan seeks inter-agency probe into Chinese tourist surge

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Updated as of Oct 29 10:14 AM

A senator on Thursday urged government to form an inter-agency committee that would look into the surge of Chinese tourists into the country in what he called a "21st century colonization." Read more »

Agriculture dep't urged to develop Philippine seaweed manufacturing industry

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 09:45 PM

Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Monday urged the Department of Agriculture to develop the Philippines' seaweed manufacturing industry, citing the country's abundant supply of a profitable product worldwide. Read more »

Ex-justices Carpio, Morales reject Estelito Mendoza’s 'expertise' in anti-terror law petitions

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 09:02 AM

Former Solicitor General Estelito Mendoza may have had a storied legal career but that’s not enough for former Supreme Court justices and other legal luminaries to qualify him as an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” in the petitions challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

'Repression in broad daylight': SC urged to issue TRO vs anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 12:13 PM

A group of senators, media practitioners and lawyers who filed a petition against the Anti-Terrorism Act has urged the Supreme Court to act on their plea for a temporary restraining order to stop the implementation of the new law. Read more »

'He’s the most hands-on dad': Frankie Pangilinan pays tribute to dad Kiko on his birthday

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Updated as of Aug 24 03:26 PM

Frankie Pangilinan took to her favorite social media platform to greet his father, Senator Francis Pangilinan, on his birthday.   Read more »

'Pagtatalaga sa Cabinet members sa ilang siyudad, lalawigan di pakikialam sa LGUs'

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Posted at Aug 18 07:13 PM

Dumepensa ang Malacañang sa akusasyon na nakikialam at tinatapakan nito ang awtonomiya ng local government units nang italaga ang ilang miyembro ng Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases para tutukan ang ilang lugar na maraming kaso ng COVID-19.  Read more »