Pangilinan serenades Senate panel with wife Sharon Cuneta's hit song during DAR budget hearing
Senator Kiko Pangilinan lightened the mood during the Senate committee on finance's budget deliberations for the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) by singing a line from his wife Sharon Cuneta's hit song "Bituing Walang Ningning." The impromptu performance occurred during discussions on how better-organized farmers could boost food supply and reduce hunger.
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