*Former Senator Panfilo Lacson (Arnold Quizol)* Former Senator Panfilo Lacson, who for many months we saw and heard every day in various forms of media until after the May 2022 elections, went farming, running, biking, and breathing the fresh air – doing things that did not interest social...
Former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Wednesday, January 18, warned that the bullying tactics of former Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celis would threaten to undo the credible gains made against the insurgency. ’These bullying tactics of Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celis, as in the case...
Former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said Congress has the power to amend any law. Lacson, former chairman of the Senate national defense committee, issued the statement on proposed amendments on the law granting fixed terms for top Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officials. ‘“I don’t see...
Former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, January 9 said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is generally composed of professional officers and men whose loyalty to the flag and the Constitution is above and beyond their individual preferences. Lacson, former chairman of the Senate national...
Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday, January 3 said he hopes the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will prioritize the modernization of the country’s airports following the New Year’s Day airspace shutdown fiasco at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Angara recalled Congress...
Former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has thumbed down a proposal to decriminalize illegal drug use saying this would only boost the market for illegal drugs. Lacson, a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, made his position known after Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said he is now...
Former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon and former Senator Panfilo Lacson pressed the Commission on Audit (COA) to audit all the Covid-19 supply purchases worth billions of pesos during the Duterte administration. "The new administration should pursue and resolve this matter to its logical...
Former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, October 9 commended the swift and decisive response undertaken by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the foiled hostage-taking of former Senator Leila de Lima. Lacson, a former PNP chief himself, said the in-depth investigation already...
Former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, September 22 said the Manila Regional Trial Court’s junking of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) petition for proscription that sought to declare as “terrorist organizations” the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New...
Former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Friday, September 2, slammed Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda for saying that the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/New Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF) is "not an enemy of the State." ‘’Senator Legarda is a friend and I respect...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Wednesday, August 17, that he does not believe there is a sugar crisis in the country amid reports of an impending shortage in supply and soaring retail prices. GOV. Lacson (center). (FB photo) “No, I don’t think there is....
Amid the alleged proliferation of paid trolls who spread disinformation and misinformation, two lawmakers have moved to criminalize peddlers and creators of fake news. Malabon City lone district Rep. Jaye Lacson-Noel and An Waray Party-list Rep. Florencio Noel filed House Bill (HB) 2971, otherwise...