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PAMPANGA FARMERS, FAMILIES BENEFIT FROM SAGIP SAKA LAW DURING PANDEMIC – PANGILINAN

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date September 15, 2020
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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 […]

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SAGIP SAKA TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY UNDER ‘NEW NORMAL’ – PANGILINAN

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date September 8, 2020
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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 […]

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THANK FARMERS, FISHERS WHO FED COUNTRY DURING LOCKDOWN – PANGILINAN

Post author By Romelo Caparas
Post date June 2, 2020
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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 […]

Tags COVID-19, Department of Agriculture, enhanced community quarantine, farmers, fisherfolk, food packs, produce, sagip saka, Secretary Dar, Senator Pangilinan

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LGUs BUYING FOOD FROM FARMERS SHOULD BE PART OF NEW NORMAL – PANGILINAN

Post author By Romelo Caparas
Post date May 29, 2020
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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 […]

Tags COVID-19, Department of Agriculture, farmers, local government units, relief items, sagip saka, Secretary Dar, Senator Pangilinan