In recent news about the development of the state of the Reproductive Health Bill in the country, twenty Philippine senators signed an approval of the said bill. This signing of an approval means a great development for the RH Bill for it means that the bill is actually going somewhere and not neglected totally. In a previous blog entry, I listed down the name of the Senators who signed the said approval. In the next few blog entries, I will be discussing the profiles of these Senators and probably state why they signed the approval. For today, we will be looking at Senator Francis Pangilinan.
Francis Pancratius Nepomuceno Pangilinan was born on August 24, 1963 in Manila. He is a Philippine senator, serving since 2001. During his term, he became the Senate Majority Leader in 2008, and is currently the Chairman of the Committees in Agriculture and Social Justice in the Senate.
Kiko Pangilinan, as he is called, was born to Donato Pangilinan, an engineer and entrepreneur, and Emma Nepomuceno, a public school teacher. A fifth child, he has eight brother and sisters: Maricel Aranas, Angeli Valenciano, Nenette Zipperich, Joseph, Anthony, Felichi Buizon, John Raymund, and Donna Simpao. He attended La Salle Greenhills for his elementary and high school education. He then graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Major in Comparative Literature. During his stay at the university, he became chairman of the Student Council in 1986, and became the first Student Regent in 1987 of the UP Board of Regents. He was also elected as the Philippine Representative to the Committee on Youth Cooperation of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). He then went on to study at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he earned a degree of Master of Science in Public Administration, focusing on Strategic Management.
In 1988, Kiko Pangilinan. was elected councilor of Quezon City. During his term, he focused on programs for the youth, leading him to have founded the National Movement of Young Legislators (NYML). In 2001, Kiko Pangilinan ran for a seat in the senate, where he won and was re-elected for six more years. He became the Senate Majority Leader in 2004.
As for his personal life, Kiko Pangilinan is married to the megastar herself, Sharon Cuneta. They have three children together: Simone Francesca Emmanuelle, Mariel Daniella Sophia, and Maria Kristina Cassandra, who is Sharon Cuneta’s daughter from a previous relationship and whom Kiko Pangilinan has legally adopted.
Many see Kiko Pangilinan as just the husband of celebrity Sharon Cuneta, but her is more than that. He is actually a very good politician, a senator in particular. He has worked since before for youth empowerment. The Reproductive Health Bill becoming a law can definitely benefit the youth of today. I hope Kiko Pangilinan would continue to come up with youth programs having to do with how the RH Bill can help them so they will be enlightened with the facts about it.
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