Lacson urges tighter budget protections
‘Safeguards are important to me, to make sure that public funds in the budget do not go to corruption. That is the bottom line for me.’
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‘Safeguards are important to me, to make sure that public funds in the budget do not go to corruption. That is the bottom line for me.’
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, reaffirmed the Senate’s strong support for full transparency in the 2026…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson cautioned against restoring items cut from the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) proposed…
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As lawmakers continue Bicameral Conference talks on the proposed 2026 national budget, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday vowed that…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday said he will not sign the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed 2026 national…
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As lawmakers continue bicameral conference committee talks on the proposed 2026 national budget, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday…
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‘The ICI sorely needs more powers and wider authority, including for the immunity of witnesses.’
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The government should maintain momentum in investigating corruption in infrastructure projects, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Monday,…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday urged the public to witness the Senate’s commitment to transparency in crafting its version of…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Thursday called for stricter safeguards in a proposed measure aimed at speeding up the construction of…
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The brave words of legislators to remove all lump sums from the 2026 national budget that were convertible to the pork barrel failed to hold after Senate…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson warned that allocable funds in the proposed 2025 national budget may be more troubling than the defunct pork barrel…
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More than P180 billion may have been lost to ghost flood control projects alone since 2016, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Wednesday,…
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday maintained that there is no military junta within the organization and that it will not participate in any…
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Aside from calls from the Makabayan Bloc at the House of Representatives for both President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte to resign —…
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The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday night said it has yet to receive a court order related to the cancellation of Co’s passport.
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Describing the 2025 national budget as corrupt to the core, Senate Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the Senate will not allow its reenactment.
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Senate Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said they will not allow a reenactment of the 2025 national budget in the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Act…
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