Vice-presidential candidate and senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan issued the appeal as Facebook's parent firm, Meta, took down hundreds of accounts and pages in the Philippines for engaging in various malicious and dangerous activities, thus, violating the social media site's policies.
Saying that cash should get into the hands of the poor at once, Sen. Francis Pangilinan made a pitch to use telecommunication companies for mobile money transfers in distributing assistance amid the Covid-19 crisis.
To encourage the manufacture, importation, and use of carbon-reducing vehicles, Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has proposed to exempt electric and hybrid vehicles from taxes and duties for the next several years.