Drowning in corruption: Marcos, Lacson rage
‘More than flood control, what the Filipino people badly need is greed control.’
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‘More than flood control, what the Filipino people badly need is greed control.’
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Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday highlighted a series of failed flood-control projects and the contractors behind them during his privilege speech,…
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Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday expressed her full support for Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s privilege speech exposing alleged large-scale corruption in…
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Senator Erwin Tulfo on Wednesday voiced his full backing for Senator Ping Lacson’s call for accountability amid alarming revelations of anomalies in the…
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Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday exposed widespread corruption involving Department of Public Works and Highways officials, contractors, and…
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Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, in his Senate privilege speech on Wednesday, likened the systemic corruption in flood control projects to "pie-sharing."
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The proposal to make the budget process transparent was contained in several previous bills that did not even reach the committee report level.
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Sotto recalled that the Senate had previously conducted mandatory random drug tests in 2018.
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The House Committee on Appropriations could go as far as proposing budget cuts to agencies with low utilization rates to fund the chamber’s so-called pet…
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President Marcos had expressed surprise, saying all projects can’t cost exactly P100 million each.
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House members said there was nothing to react to yet, claiming it was still ‘premature’ since Lacson has not named names.
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Senator Panfilo Lacson has exposed “passing through fees” or toll-like payments in flood control projects allegedly involving House members and erring…
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The exposé of “passing through fees” or toll fee-like payments in flood control projects involving Congressmen in the House of Representatives and erring…
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‘That’s welcome because it’s in line with what the President has been pushing. If anyone knows who’s involved in these projects, speak up.’
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Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday lauded the move by both chambers of Congress to open the national budget process to public scrutiny, calling it a…
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Senator Panfilo Lacson isn’t letting his guard down when it comes to the 2026 national budget.
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Senator Panfilo Lacson said insertions in the form of "pork barrel" and realignments in the National Expenditure Program for 2026 will not slip past his eagle…
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‘The Cabinet will discuss this urgent matter with the President in India, on the sidelines of his state visit.’
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