"Receipts" and not say-so, will be the name of the game in Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson 's investigation as incoming chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Lacson said this as he is set to lead the probe into substandard and ghost flood control projects. In an...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson will replace Senator Rodante Marcoleta as the chairperson of the premier Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. This was confirmed by newly-elected Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III in a Viber message late Monday night, Aug. 8, after he was asked...
Members of the Senate minority bloc on Sunday, September 7 called for utmost transparency as they press that proponents of budget insertions in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) be publicly identified. This, as Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson named an official of the Department of Public Works...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday, Sept. 6, vowed to support newly-appointed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon in his anti-corruption campaign by providing evidence against certain “rotten fruits” within the agency. Lacson, who previously exposed...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, September 4 said he strongly supports a complete overhaul of the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB), the agency responsible for accrediting contractors, following allegations of corruption in government flood control projects. Lacson...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, September 4 said that while the House of Representatives cannot return the National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2026 back to Malacañang to fix the “mangled” entries there, another option is available. For instance, Lacson said the Department of...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, September 3 said that letting the culprits in the anomalous flood projects go unpunished is worse than the country experiencing losing some P118.5-billion worth of economic loss. Lacson was referring to the estimates cited by Department of Finance...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson lamented the low adoption of local development projects in the proposed National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2026, noting that only 19.9 percent of the proposals from local development councils were included. “I noticed that only 19.9 percent of projects...
The military expressed openness to an “out-of-the-box” proposal by Senator Robin Padilla to revive the National Development Support Command (NADESCOM) which could temporarily handle flood control projects amid an investigation into the reported anomalous infrastructure projects and...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) was warned on Monday, September 1 not to become an “accessory” again by prioritizing flood control projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) over the country’s education sector in the P6.79 trillion national budget for 2026. ...
From accreditation for sale to conflict of interest, and now extortion. Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, August 31 revealed a third issue hounding the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB), where a contractor was threatened with non-renewal of his license if he did not pay...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, August 31 moved to set the record straight on fellow Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s insinuation that he is meddling in his work as chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee in looking into the flood control mess. Lacson was referring to Marcoleta 's...
