Tag: Senator Ping Lacson

Lacson, Sotto, Pimentel, Zubiri record perfect session attendance

Detained De Lima attends least number of sessions; Trillanes attends second-least number (Eagle News) –Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri, Ping Lacson, now-Senate President Tito Sotto and his predecessor Koko Pimentel registered a perfect attendance during the 2nd regular session of the 17th Congress. The four senators attended all 79 sessions of the Senate, according to Senate records. Sotto, Pimentel, and Lacson were never late in any session. Zubiri, on the other hand, was late once because […]

Senator Lacson on assurances there is no pork in the 2018 nat’l budget: “Let’s be honest”

(Eagle News) — Let’s be honest. This was the message of Senator Ping Lacson to lawmakers amid assurances there was no pork in the 2018 national budget. “That’s what the Department of Budget and Management and the House appropriations committee always say before, during and after our budget deliberations..(but) how do you explain (certain things)?” he asked. He said there were, for instance, “big lump sums” in several agencies such as the Department of Public […]