Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, August 13 renewed his call to abolish the so-called “leadership fund” or “allocables” from the national budget, saying it is not merely another form of pork barrel, but a worse version of the outlawed system. Lacson made the remark following...
The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the petition to compel the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (SBRC) to release to the public the copy of its draft partial report on the probe into the multi-billion-peso anomalies in the government’s flood control project. Dismissed by the SC during its full court...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Sen. Erwin Tulfo said on Sunday, August 9 he will conduct an investigation into substandard government infrastructure projects and holding those responsible to account. Tulfo said the investigation into substandard government infrastructure projects would...
' The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is preparing to investigate an unnamed government agency over a possible “big-time corruption” scheme involving public funds. In an interview on DWIZ on Saturday, Aug. 8, the panel 's chairman, Senator Erwin Tulfo, says the committee is still in...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Senator Erwin Tulfo on Friday, Aug. 7, said the panel will leave all flood control-related cases to the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB). Earlier, Tulfo and Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian had a closed-door coordination meeting with Ombudsman Jesus Crispin...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Erwin Tulfo said on Sunday, August 2 he will consult fellow senators on whether or not the panel should continue its investigation into the alleged flood control anomalies. According to Tulfo, the committee must first be formally constituted before any...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Thursday, July 30, dismissed what he described as an attempt to broker a "ceasefire" following his allegations of irregularities in infrastructure projects in Taguig City, the political stronghold of former Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. In a post on X,...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Wednesday, July 29 said all “delicious” details behind the anomalous infrastructure projects in Taguig City will be disclosed at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s hearings on the matter. This, after Lacson turned over the evidence of the anomalous...
Senator Erwin Tulfo has claimed on Tuesday, July 28 that some senators who earlier pushed for the flood control mess probe to continue are now singing a different tune. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said this as Senator Panfilo Lacson continued to gather evidence on alleged...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Monday, July 20 that disgraced former Senate president Alan Peter Cayetano is clearly using “squid tactics” to distract the public from the corruption issues hounding him. But such schemes may not save him from the “logical conclusion” that awaits...
Senator Erwin Tulfo is bent on investigating "new names" once the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumes its probe on the flood control projects corruption scandal. According to Tulfo, committee chairman, the Blue Ribbon panel will continue the investigation on the flood control mess as soon as it...
Not just two times, but four times. This was the correction made by Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's latest "wild insinuations" and "black propaganda" through yet another Facebook live. Firing back at Cayetano, Lacson said that he legitimately earned his wealth...
