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...
NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson swears in Vice Mayor Miguel Antonio Peña (2nd from left) and Councilor Anthony Gerard Suatengco as mayor and vice mayor of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, respectively, at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City Wednesday, July 20. (Photo courtesy of...
After his Senate term ends on June 30, Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson is hoping to start the next chapter of his life story - by contributing to food security through a new endeavor. Lacson and some friends, including former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol, have organized themselves...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson is hoping senators in the 19th Congress would continue his crusade of tenaciously scrutinizing the national budget and keeping it free from dubious congressional insertions, known as "pork barrel”, and useless appropriations. "I hope somebody will take...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo M. Lacson has sought a conditional suspension of the excise tax on fuel, and the scrapping of several lines of exemption in the Value-Added Tax (VAT). Lacson said this two-pronged formula could give Filipinos some badly needed breathing room from the effects of prohibitive...
Be humble, undertake researches, review or study rules of the 24-member Senator and review the traditions of the 24-member Senate and you can go no wrong. Senators-elect Mark Villar, Robin Padilla and Raffy Tulfo. (MB Photo) These, among others, were the unsolicited advice of outgoing Senate...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said the Office of the Ombudsman could unilaterally initiate an investigation into the alleged corruption-laden, multi-billion-peso Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. Covid-19 pandemic contracts. Lacson, chairman of the Senate national defense and security committee,...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday said the order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to block access to over 20 websites has a legal basis under the anti-terror law if these platforms are involved in financing the activities of the Communist Party of the...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday, June 18 said he was confident Retired Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. is competent to be the next Department of National Defense (DND) chief. Lacson said he vouches for Faustino’s capability to head the DND despite having earlier objected to his...