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Portrait of Ed Lacson

Ed Lacson

1) Business Executive 2) Former financial mgr of Petron Corp. 3) Member of various national advocacy groups such as PCCI M, ECOP, MAP etc 4) Independent director of various publicly listed companies such as PSE, KEEPERS HOLDINGS. GREENERGY 5) Trustee of DLSU and UMAK

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(July 22 2024)………Protesters from various progressive groups destroy an effigy of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Vice-President Sara Z. Duterte during the 2024 Peoples SONA on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on July 22, 2024………Photo/Analy Labor

When the gavel falls

The true measure of political maturity is not how a nation celebrates victory but how it accepts defeat.

The Senate during the first day of the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte last 6 July.

What’s in it for me? (WIIFM)

The true measure of any political undertaking is not the attention it commands but the benefits it delivers to the people.

(May 01 2026) A mural portraying workers’ struggles and urging higher wages and lower prices of basic commodities seen along Himlayan road in Quezon City on Friday, May 1, 2026. An Artist tribute to the workers during  Labor Day Celebrations. Photo/Analy Labor

Et tu, Brute?

Trust, once lost, is difficult to rebuild. Investors value policy consistency as much as fiscal incentives.

2028: Do-or-die elections

2028: Do-or-die elections

The ballot remains democracy’s greatest equalizer. It empowers every citizen to help shape the nation’s future.

Till we meet again, PSE

Till we meet again, PSE

In many organizations, board members are colleagues. In the PSE, they are family.

SENATE

Damn the torpedoes, dear senators?

The Senate can recover its stature if its members choose dialogue over confrontation and loyalty to the institution over allegiance to factions.

SENATOR Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa

‘Anyare, honorable senators?’

The Senate should be a forum for reasoned debate, not a stage for play acting or a circus performance under a P. T. Barnum tent.