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(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson delivered an explosive privilege speech at the Senate, baring the systemic and well-ingrained corruption at the Bureau of Customs, saying that even the top officials of the bureau led by former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon are on the take, receiving bribes through a so-called “tara” system. Lacson called the Bureau of Customs as a “haven for crooks, criminals, malefactors” and even deliberately mispronounced “felons” as “faeldons” in his […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bribery at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) continues as revealed by Senator Panfilo Lacson. The senator pointed out that this is the reason why Php 6.4 billion worth of illegal drugs was able to enter the country. Lacson also revealed the so-called “3 o’clock habit” which is the giving of bribes to Customs officials every Friday. Lacson said that each bribe is worth Php 27, 000 to Php 30, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The government will violate the Philippine Constitution if it allows members of the Moro National Liberation Front, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the New People’s Army to fight the terrorists in Marawi City. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson, former Philippine National Police chief, who spoke in a press briefing on Thursday. “‘Di dapat payagan ng Pangulo na lumaban din ang NPA or MNLF or MILF doon […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Members of the Senate minority bloc may face disciplinary measures for breaking the guidelines on the executive session. Senate Committee on Public Order Chairman Panfilo Lacson said among these violations was discussing to the public what had been talked about privately between the senators and security officials. According to Lacson, the disclosure made by the minority senators may place the lives of soldiers in danger. https://youtu.be/mnGaoNavLp4
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Kinastigo ni Senador Panfilo Lacson ang pagmamaktol ni Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo matapos maunsyami ang ikalawang pagsalang niya sa Commission on Appointments. Sa mensahe sa kaniyang Twitter account, inakusahan ni Taguiwalo ang CA na sinasadya ang pagdelay ng kanyang kumpirmasyon. Sabi ni Taguiwalo, tila sinasaktan at tinorture siya ng makapangyarihang komisyon. Pero sabi ni Lacson, may dahilan naman kaya naipagpaliban ang pagsalang nito sa confirmation hearing kahapon. Naubos aniya ang oras […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Roy Cimatu is a good choice as secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), according to Senator Panfilo Lacson. “He is definitely a good choice. I happen to know him all the way back to our military days,” said Lacson in a statement after Cimatu’s appointment. Lacson said that he knows Cimatu since the time that […]
(Eagle News) — A committee headed by Senator Panfilo Lacson is set to conduct its investigation on the alleged ‘secret jail’ found in a Manila police station next week. “Hahanap na lang ng date, probably, siguro next week [we will conduct the investigation],” Lacson said. According to Lacson, the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will look into the resolution filed by Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV that aims to probe the operation of the alleged […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson criticized Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa for defending members of the Manila Police District who set up a “secret jail” inside MPD’s station 1. Lacson said these policemen violated police procedures and should not be tolerated by the PNP chief. The men and women were found packed into the tiny cell behind a wooden cabinet at a Manila police precinct on Thursday, sparking […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate is again hearing today, Monday (March 6) the testimony of retired police officer Arturo Lascanas, with Senator Panfilo Lacson, head of the Senate committee on public order, warning the flip-flopping cop on Supreme Court rulings that do not allow major self-contradictions in cases of conspiracy. Lacson, himself, announced at the start of the hearing that he has “grown averse” of flip-flopping statements of witnesses, citing his personal experience of the […]
(Eagle News) — Police excesses and crimes are not isolated incidents, according to Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, when he showed CCTV footages of cops planting drugs and stealing from their victims during an actual alleged police raid. During a senate inquiry on “tokhang for ransom,” Lacson, chair of the senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs which is conducting the probe, showed video evidence against rogue cops. The video footage showed the […]
Marami pa raw insidente ng ‘tokhang-for-ransom’ na kinasasangkutan ng mga tiwaling pulis. Kanina, nagpakita si Senador Panfilo Lacson ng ilang video na nagpapatunay na nagtatanim ng ebidensya ang mga pulis sa isang ni-raid na opisina ng mga Chinoy. Nagbabalik sa detalye si Meanne Corvera:
(Eagle News) — Lawmakers said it was ignorant and not prudent for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to label President Rodrigo Duterte as a murderer, including his call for the Philippine government to probe its own president. Senator Panfilo Lacson and Kabayan Rep. Harry Roque, in separate statements, criticized the UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein saying he does not seem to know the Philippine Constitution because of his conclusion. […]
