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(Eagle News)–Congressmen have backed out of inserting “pork barrel” amounting to P1.5 billion for each deputy speaker and P700 million for each congressman after the Palace said President Rodrigo Duterte would scrutinize the budget bill. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson, in an interview with reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 25. According to Lacson, he received the information from a “source.” Lacson said he was unsure, however, about the P100 million Rep. Joey Salceda earlier […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, Sept. 9, revealed some inmates at the New Bilibid Prison were “openly posting” on Facebook. Lacson revealed this during the fourth joint Senate panel hearing the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, after the Bureau of Corrections said it was strict about banning cellphones for inmates in the national penitentiary. Chief Supt. Maria Fe Marquez, director of the BuCor Directorate for Reformation, said cellphones were the number one contraband seized […]
(Eagle News)–Three senators are moving to repeal in its entirety the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, following the release under the same of convicts of heinous crimes. In filing Senate Bill No. 993 that seeks to repeal the amendments in Articles 29, 94, 97, 98 and 99 of the Revised Penal Code as contained under the GCTA law or Republic Act 10592, Senate President Tito Sotto and Senators Panfilo Lacson and Richard Gordon noted that […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday, Aug. 30, said three more drug lords were released due to the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law or Republic Act 10592. In an interview over radio dzbb, Lacson said a Taiwanese drug lord was released from the Davao Penal Colony, while the other two were released from Palawan. He said the three were apart from the five Chinese drug lords who were released from the New Bilibid Prison in […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, Aug. 29, said the four Chinese drug lords Senator Panfilo Lacson said were released from the New Bilibid Prison in June are detained at the BI’s warden facility. In a statement, the BI said the summary deportation order of Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che and Wu Hing Sum was signed and approved by the Board of Commissioners on August 23. The BI said the […]
(Eagle News)–At least four Chinese drug lords were released from the New Bilibid Prison even before reports on the possible release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez came out, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. It was unclear, however, if the four identified as Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che and Wu Hing Sum, were released based on Republic Act No. 10592, or the law on Good Conduct Time Allowances. According to Lacson, the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson has filed a bill that proposes assigning a “designated survivor” during events attended by the President, Vice President and all other high-ranking government officials. Under Senate Bill 982 or “An Act Prescribing the Order of Presidential Succession,” the “designated survivor,” a Cabinet member, shall be sequestered in a secret and secure location prior to the event and shall act as President “kung maubos na kaming lahat,” Lacson said. Under the 1987 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson is seeking the help of the public in ensuring that the 2020 national budget remains “pork-free.” “Any technical support from the outside will certainly help in our scrutiny of the 2020 budget books,” Lacson said in response to a question about whether or not his staff knew financial forensics. According to Lacson, budget deliberations start this week in the 18th Congress. “It is time to play another protracted game of “hide-and-seek”: they […]
(Eagle News)–The Chinese national Senator Panfilo Lacson said was behind the P1.8-billion shabu shipment seized by authorities at the Manila International Container Port in March is not on the Interpol watch list, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, the Interpol National Central Bureau in Manila certified this about Xu Zhijian, also known as Jacky Co. Guevarra said based on the Consul General of China, the Chinese national, however, had a pending case in […]
(Eagle News)—Although Senator Panfilo Lacson welcomed the Philippines’ recall of its ambassador and its consuls after Canada missed the May 15 deadline to ship back its trash, he said this was “not enough.” In a Tweet, Lacson said the Philippines would do well to “find out who facilitated” the dumping of the trash as well “so we can dump them at sea halfway to Canada.” “National dignity is part and parcel of diplomacy. Allowing Canada […]
(Eagle News)—The inclusion of athletes Gretchen Ho and Hidilyn Diaz in the newly released matrix which allegedly showed the personalities involved in an ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte can be the product of either one of two things: “excellent intelligence work” or Bikoy’s “infiltration” of the National Security Agency. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson who issued a Tweet on Thursday, May 9. According to Lacson, Diaz, a weightlifter, has brought honor to […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, May 2, said he would agree to run for the presidency in 2022 if he has a “clear chance of winning.” “When people talk to me about the possibility of running in 2022, ang balik ko sa kanila, I have only one requirement. I’m not closing the doors but I have only one requirement. Give me a clear chance of winning,” he said in an interview on ANC. According […]
