Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 21:40:37 +0000
The Senate may resume its inquiry into alleged anomalies in Small Town Lottery (STL) operations amid conflicting reasons given by Malacañang and former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office General Manager Alexander Balutan for his unceremonious exit, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:34:39 +0000
SEN. Panfilo Lacson announced that there were nine candidates for senator he would not vote for in the midterm elections in May. Lacson has not named these candidates but instead…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 05:47:50 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson warned Senate President Vicente Sotto III against signing the enrolled copy of the 2019 budget.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 05:05:47 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Is the administration admitting to be complicit in the commission of a crime by foreign governments?Senator Panfilo Lacson raised this question on Wednesday, following a Palace official’s disclosure that the information on political personalities in the so-called narco list came from wiretapped communications provided by foreign governments.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:22:53 +0000
The P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 is now “doomed” after Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo unlawfully realigned hundreds of millions of pesos for health facilities to her “favored” congressmen, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:00:28 +0000
While new BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno is “reputable,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said he “may not be the best choice” for the position.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:08:36 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo denied Tuesday the latest claim of Sen. Panfilo Lacson that the House of Representatives led by her was manipulating the 2019 budget even after it was ratified.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 23:25:38 +0000
Two administration senators on Sunday opposed the plan of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año to publish President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called narcolist in the run-up to midterm elections in May.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 10:20:19 +0000
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Saturday that the Philippine National Police must secure religious leaders who had been receiving death threats.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 23:30:45 +0000
Leaders of the House of Representatives unlawfully altered the P3.8-trillion spending bill, Sen. Panfilo Lacson alleged on Friday.
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