Press Release Senator Francis N. Pangilinan Thank you, Mr. President and distinguished colleagues. Magandang umaga. And to our resource persons as well. At the outset, allow us to thank Senator Lacson for filing Proposed Senate Resolution No. 685, adopted as Senate Resolution No. 98, which paved the way for the constitution of this Committee of the Whole and to look into the country's food security crisis brought about by the severe outbreak of the African Swine Fever (ASF) and to adopt policies and measures to curb the reported corruption in the form of "tong-pats" and technical smuggling of poultry and pork products, which if left unabated would result in billions of pesos of revenue losses.