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(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Jan. 22, said he would support the lowering of the criminal age of liability but on a number of conditions. In a statement, Lacson said the “youth offender” should have been “proven to have acted with discernment when he or she committed the crime, especially serious ones”; “sentencing” should be “suspended until the offender reaches the age of majority”; and there should be “enough and properly supervised […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson wants part of the P75 billion the Senate deleted in the proposed 2019 budget for public works to be used to reinforce slopes and roads in the Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay area. Lacson made the statement as he reiterated slope protection work was necessary in the BLISST area, where landslides occur. “We will not allow bloated estimates similar to that in Nueva Ecija, where the […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, Jan. 10, urged the Department of Budget and Management to release the fourth tranche of increase in the salaries of government workers, saying there was funding for the same even if the 2019 budget has not been passed. “Mr. DBM Secretary, implement the salary increase now. It is not unconstitutional,” Lacson said in a Tweet, referring to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, who had thumbed down the idea of releasing […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson does not believe Budget Secretary Ben Diokno should resign despite allegations he has links to a supposedly favored contractor. In the first place, Lacson, in an interview aired over CNN Philippines on Thursday, Dec. 20, said he “cannot imagine” Diokno dealing with contractors directly. “I’m not defending Sec. Diokno. Pero sabi niya nga nakipag-deal siya sa mga agencies pag nag-appropriate at saka nag-release ng budget,” Lacson said. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima described President Rodrigo Duterte as a “weak and incompetent” leader “incapable of stopping corruption,” following the allegations of corruption being hurled at some members of the House of Representatives and at his Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno. “I winced upon reading in the news that, according to (House Majority Leader Rolando) Andaya, projects worth P75 billion had already been bid out even before the passage of the budget, with 30 […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, Dec. 13, urged Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea not to endorse Budget Secretary Ben Diokno’s possible recommendation for a special session to allow for the passage of the national budget for 2019 before the year ends. Lacson made the appeal during the plenary deliberation on the P6.773-billion proposed budget for the Office of the President and its attached agencies. The Senate and the House of Representatives are slated to […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Dec. 11, called for a probe into Rep. Rolando Andaya’s allegations a single contractor had cornered 30 government projects worth billions of pesos even before Congress passed the 2019 budget. In a Tweet, Lacson said Andaya’s allegations call for either an Ombudsman probe or a congressional inquiry. On Monday, Dec. 11, Andaya said the contractor was CT Leoncio Construction and Trading owned by one Consolacion Tubuhan Leoncio. According […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Nov. 27, said there was a need to put in place a mechanism that would allow the President to be updated on terrorist threats. He said the mechanism should be in the executive department. He cited as an example the United States, where he said the President receives a daily executive brief. “There is need for a regular update to allow quick analysis, submitted on a regular basis. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, Nov. 14, criticized the Department of Public Works and Highways for a road project in the Cordillera Administrative Region that he said lacked planning. In a statement, Lacson said the DPWH did not consult the Mines and Geosciences Bureau prior to the construction of the Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan-Tuba-Tublay (BLISTT) Circumferential Road. He said the MGB could have warned that parts of the roads under BLISTT are in landslide-prone areas. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, Nov. 8, said street-level drug pushers should not be killed in the war against drugs. In a Twitter post, Lacson said they, after all, can lead law enforcers to big-time drug suppliers. “(Philippine National Police/Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency)- Don’t kill the street pushers; arrest them..,” Lacson said. According to Lacson, the law enforcers can “then finish the job by engaging those suppliers in a shootout.” “Get another […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson believes the military should not have revealed the names of the schools that are allegedly being tapped by Communists for the Red October plot. “Intel reports are supposed to be for the consumption of the intel operatives..,” he said. According to Lacson, this was for the operatives “to pursue and follow up and eventually transform the same into actionable intelligence for the operatives to execute with the sole objective […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Panfilo Lacson, among the “young, fresh faces in national politics,” Davao Mayor Sara Duterte is the top choice to be the country’s next leader. While clarifying he was not endorsing the daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte, Lacson said she “stands out” with her good leadership qualities. He said the Davao mayor was “stern,” “strong-willed,” and was “progressive-minded.” “A number of our young, hardworking colleagues are showing good leadership potentials. This […]
