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Vice-presidential candidate Senator Kiko Pangilinan vowed to help farmers in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro who are losing onions worth millions of pesos to armyworm (harabas) infestation. Pangilinan met with a group of farmers in Barangay Magbay to determine the extent of the armyworm damage inflicted on local onion farmers who are seeking national government intervention. […]
Vice-presidential candidate Senator Kiko Pangilinan barnstormed in Northern Mindanao asking local candidates to fully implement his Sagip Saka Act should they win in the elections so that no Filipino will go hungry. At his first stop at the Kampo Juan of Bukidnon First District congressional candidate Nereus Acosta, Pangilinan said that like air, food is […]
Vice-Presidential aspirant Senator Kiko Pangilinan urged the government to immediately release the P500 million fuel subsidy in the 2022 budget to farmers and fisherfolk to prevent the rise in food prices. “Maiiwasan ang mas malalang kagutuman kung aaksyon agad-agad ang gobyerno,” Pangilinan said. The veteran legislator also said the full implementation of his Sagip Saka […]
After Senator Kiko Pangilinan’s constant follow-ups with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the roll-out of the provision on negotiated procurement with farmers and fisherfolk have finally been released. The Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) submitted to the Senate a copy of the IRR that will allow […]
As more local government units (LGUs) buy their food needs for their various projects directly from our farmers and fisherfolk as provided under the Sagip Saka Law, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said several national government agencies have food needs worth P41 billion this year. In an online consultation with farmers and provincial municipal agriculturists in Cavite, […]
As Isabela rice farmers struggle with the twin effects of the Rice Tariffication Law and the COVID-19 pandemic, an Isabela-based cooperative avoided bankruptcy and even posted higher earnings due to the direct buying of rice by local government units (LGUs). In an online consultation with farmers in Isabela, Senator Kiko Pangilinan recognized the efforts of […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan lauded the efforts of a community in Pampanga for buying produce directly from farmers for relief assistance during the pandemic. In an online consultation-dialogue with farmers, other food growers, provincial board members and local executives on food production and distribution in Pampanga during the COVID-19 pandemic, Barangay Captain Froilan Soriano of San […]
As part of the new normal due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sagip Saka Act of 2019 which institutionalizes and incentivizes direct food purchase from farmers, fisherfolk, and other food growers will ensure that no one goes hungry in the country, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “Ito ang ibig sabihin ng food security: Walang nagugutom, walang […]
Filipino farmers and fisherfolk have fed the Philippines for over two months that Metro Manila and other parts of the country were under community quarantine, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said on the eve of the easing of the quarantine and also National Fisherfolks Day. “Isa sa mga napatunayan ng pandemya ang napakahalagang papel ng mga nagpapakain […]
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic crisis is an opportunity for our farmers to increase their incomes and for the country to become food secure, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Pangilinan, former Presidential Assistant on Food Security and Agricultural Modernization, was reacting to Agriculture Secretary William Dar’s report to the Senate that local government units (LGUs) bought […]