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Affirming his commitment to strengthening accountability within the country’s agricultural and irrigation sectors, Senator Kiko Pangilinan introduced new transparency mechanisms and digital governance initiatives for the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). In a manifestation, the veteran legislator underscored the importance of sustained transparency reforms to ensure that government programs deliver […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan backs the Department of Agriculture-led amendments of its 2026 budget as he expressed support for the agency’s push for additional funding to boost the country’s agricultural sector. In his manifestations for the budget amendments for the fiscal year 2026, Pangilinan called for the need to consider the DA’s additional budget requests. “The […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is urging the immediate passage of Senate Bill 1547, which seeks to establish a Justice Reform Commission tasked with investigating systemic failures in the Philippine justice system that allow corruption to persist and flourish. “We must punish more and swiftly. Twenty-one years doesn’t in any way classify as swift,” Pangilinan said, referring to […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan underscored the need for additional resources to build more Bahay Pag-asa Youth Centers, a transformational facility for children in conflict with the law, and fully implement the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act. Speaking during the “Bantay Bata – The Filipino Child: National Dialogue on Child Protection”, Pangilinan said that the Senate has added […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan successfully sponsored and defended the P54.79-billion budget of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for the 2026 fiscal year, highlighting the importance of expanding irrigation systems to develop agricultural lands, empower farmers, and achieve food security. The budget will also include a P50-million allocation for transparency measures—including a public online dashboard—stressing that, “transparency […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is appealing to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to study the possibility of including nutritious and locally-sourced food in their relief assistance food programs during times of calamities. In his interpellation of the budget deliberations for the 2026 allocation to the DSWD, Pangilinan echoed public sentiments that most food […]
To prevent the repeat of the anomalous flood control projects, Senator Kiko Pangilinan has proposed the inclusion of transparency and accountability mechanisms within the irrigation projects implemented by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Pangilinan, who heads the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, emphasized that efficient and corruption-free irrigation projects are crucial to […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan sponsored and defended the P67.755-billion budget of the judiciary, underscoring the importance of augmenting its financial resources to modernize its systems, open up more courts and hire additional personnel, and reach marginalized Filipinos for the delivery of justice and accountability. In his opening statement as chair of the Senate Committee on Justice […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan defended and sponsored the P184.09-billion proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its attached agencies, hurdling through questions raised by his colleagues on the agency’s various programs meant to uplift the lives of farmers and fisherfolk. In his opening statement, the chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and […]
For Kiko Pangilinan, the creation of a more empowered and independent commission to look into the government’s anomalous infrastructure projects will act as the “people’s watchdog,” ensuring that those behind the massive corruption will face the full extent of the law. In his sponsorship speech for Senate Bill No. 1512, which will create the Independent […]