For some senators, the latest report of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health's (DOH) supposed deficiencies in handling some ₱67.3-billion COVID-19 response funds bolsters their observations on how well the agency is managing the pandemic. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), met with ranking police commanders on Thursday, August 10, to discuss and address the concerns raised by Sen. Panfilo Lacson on the alleged data-gathering being done by policemen that could be allegedly used for the 2022...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), assured the public of his efforts to continuously isolate the police organization from partisan politics amid the concerns raised by Sen. Panfilo Lacson that the census being done by some policemen in some parts of the...
The House Committee on Women and Gender Equality has strongly endorsed for approval the bill making child marriages unlawful and penalizing persons, including parents, found guilty of facilitating or solemnizing illegal unions. Child marriage Authors of House Bill 9943 or the Anti-Child Marriage...
For the sake of putting end to the Duterte brand of governance, various opposition groups have been asked to be “open to all formulas” that could lead to unification. Vice President Leni Robredo and Sen. Panfilo Lacson House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate aired...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Monday, August 9, said he blocked around 200 troll accounts who attacked and insulted him on social media following his meeting with Vice President Leni Robredo. In an interview with ABS-CBN's Teleradyo, Lacson said he started getting insults after Robredo rejected...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Monday, August 9, said he, too, respects Vice President Leni Robredo's rejection of Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson's proposal to unify the opposition for the 2022 elections, even as he believed that the vice president should not have shot it down right...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 8, stood firm in her intention to unite the opposition ahead of the 2022 polls as she assured that she will fight until the end should she run for the presidency. Vice President Leni Robredo (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking on her weekly radio...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he will ask the Philippine National Police (PNP) to explain to the Senate the motive behind its so-called “Intensified Cleanliness Policy” or ICP and its relation to the National Task Force for Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Lacson said...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is ready for any investigation on the allegation raised by Sen. Panfilo Lacson of the supposed misuse of the anti-communist insurgency fund allocated by the national government to the police, a top police officials said on Sunday, August 8. PNP chief Gen....
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he respects Vice President Leni Robredo’s decision to reject his offer of a “sure unification formula” for the May 2022 elections which he offered selflessly. “It was a selfless move on my part to offer the unification formula to VP Leni Robredo since...
Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, August 8, that she will suspend “exploratory talks” that aim to unify the opposition for now because of the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and other provinces. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin)...
