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Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Thursday, Sept. 23, that he and Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III are choosing not to mind their possible rivals and instead focus on presenting their platform for the country.

Some polling firms have reportedly been excluding Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson in the choices for possible presidential bets preferred by voters in the 2022 elections, the senator disclosed on Saturday, September 18.

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, September 18, expressed his support for Senator Richard Gordon and the Senate’s ongoing inquiry into the government’s purchase of COVID-19 supplies.

Vice President Leni Robredo has yet to make a decision–even on a personal level–on what position she would run for, if at all, in the May 2022 national elections.

Senators have taken exception to statements from Cabinet members about their ongoing investigation on the government’s allegedly overpriced purchases amid the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining that the Senate has the responsibility of making sure that public funds are spent properly and efficiently.

Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, Sept. 9 said he has no qualms about President Duterte’s prerogative to appoint Antonio Parlade Jr. as National Security Council Deputy Director-General.

It seems to Vice President Leni Robredo that President Duterte “lacks focus” on the government’s pandemic response as she urges his administration to pour available resources into COVID-19 programs.

Vice President Leni Robredo has assured fellow administration critic, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that she didn’t sell out in her “exploratory talks” with Senator Panfilo Lacson, who is gunning for a higher position in the May 2022 national elections.

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa was designated as one of the vice chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday, August 31.

President Duterte is wondering over the “honesty” of Senator Panfilo Lacson, a declared candidate for President in the 2022 elections.

Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the government needs to reinvent bureaucracy in order to effectively address the COVID-19 pandemic and corruption.

Senator Panfilo Lacson stressed on Saturday, August 28, the need to dig deeper in the role of the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (PS-DBM) in what he believes was “large-scale corruption” involving parties amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

There may have been a collusion or lack of due diligence by former Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service (DBM-PS) chief Lloyd Christopher Lao in awarding a multibillion-peso contract involving face masks, face shields, test kits and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to a newly incorporated company.

Senator Panfilo Lacson questioned on Friday, August 27, the claim that the high demand for face shields prompted the government’s allegedly overpriced procurement of the protective wear in 2020.

Senators on Wednesday, August 25, dismissed as another “presidential pakulo”, or gimmick, the statement of President Duterte that he would not fire Health Secretary Francisco Duque III but would accept the latter’s voluntary resignation.

The Senate approved on second reading Wednesday, August 25, the bill seeking to postpone the May, 2022 election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Hiromi Aiko Eve, daughter of actress Iwa Moto and Pampi Lacson, is showing signs of becoming a beauty queen or a ramp model.

The “data gathering” conducted by the police force is not being used to promote partisan politics but to help ensure peace and order in the communities.