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Ping Lacson Files ‘Parents Welfare Act’ Bill to Strengthen Filial Responsibility

To strengthen Filipinos’ family ties and sense of filial responsibility, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson has filed a proposed “Parents Welfare Act of 2025,” ensuring that elderly parents are not abandoned by their children in their time of need.

Lacson’s Senate Bill 396, which he had also filed in previous Congresses, seeks to penalize those who fail to provide the necessary support to their aging, sick and incapacitated parents.

“We, Filipinos, are well-known for our close family ties. Because of this, it is not surprising that we have the usual inclination to care for our elderly. However, even with this close family ties, there are cases of elderly, sick, and incapacitated parents who were abandoned by their own children. Nowadays, the sights of abandoned elderly in our streets become typical. Children fail to provide the necessary support to their aging, sick and incapacitated parents. This happens despite our moral and natural obligation to maintain our parents who are in need of support,” he said.

“This proposed bill therefore seeks to further strengthen filial responsibility and to make it a criminal offense in case of flagrant violation thereof. Abandonment of a parent in need of support shall likewise constitute a criminal act,” he added.

In Filipino: Ping Lacson, Naghain ng ‘Parents Welfare Act’ Bill para Pagtibayin ang Pamilya

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Ping Lacson Bill Updates, Expands Anti-Wiretapping Act to Cover Coups, Drugs, Money Laundering

Philippine authorities will get the much-needed added teeth to go against crimes including coup d’etat, robbery in band, highway robbery, drug-related offenses and money laundering, once a bill filed by Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson is passed into law.

Lacson said that while wiretapping has been an effective tool against such “exceptional” crimes that pose a grave threat to our nation’s security, these are not covered under the present law.

“Unfortunately, there are still certain crimes that are not covered under the said exceptional cases, which put not only the lives and property of our people in paramount danger, but also pose a grave threat to our nation’s security. The peace and order situation in the country gives testament to this fact, and thus, it is imperative to revisit RA 4200 to further enhance its effectiveness,” he said in his bill titled “An Act Expanding the Scope and Coverage of Republic Act No. 4200 Otherwise Known as an Act to Prohibit and Penalize Wiretapping and Other Related Violations of the Privacy and Communication, and for Other Purposes.”

In Filipino: Panukala ni Ping Lacson, Palalakasin at Palalawakin ang Anti-Wiretapping Act Para Sakupin ang Kudeta, Droga, Money Laundering

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Ping Lacson Bills Strip Gov’t Officials, Employees of Secrecy in Bank and Foreign Currency Deposits

Government officials and employees trying to enrich themselves in office will have nowhere to hide their ill-gotten wealth as they will be stripped of secrecy rights under the laws on bank deposits as well as foreign currency deposits.

The removal of secrecy rights for public servants in both types of deposits is contained in two bills filed by Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, a long-time enemy of graft and corruption.

Lacson, in Senate Bill 38 titled “An Act Further Strengthening the Secrecy of Bank Deposits Law, Amending for the Purpose RA 1405 Otherwise Known as the Secrecy of Bank Deposits Law as Amended,” pointed out that the 1987 Constitution itself stresses that “Public office is a public trust,” and public office thus must not be used for self-aggrandizement or for acquiring wealth by the person holding it.

“This bill seeks to exclude government officials and employees, whether elected or appointed, from the coverage of the Bank Secrecy Law to equip government authorities with the necessary tools to effectively investigate and prosecute those who misuse public office for personal gain,” he said.

In Filipino: Dalawang Panukala ni Ping Lacson, Huhubaran ang Taga-Gobyerno ng ‘Secrecy’ sa Bank at Foreign Currency Deposits

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Ping Lacson Files ‘Presidential Succession Act’ to Prevent Disruption of Government in Case of Disaster, Exceptional Circumstances

A bill by Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson seeks to ensure the government will keep running even in case of a disaster or “exceptional circumstances” where the President and his/her constitutional successors are killed or disabled.

Lacson’s Senate Bill 36 or the “Presidential Succession Act” extends the list of succession beyond the Vice President, Senate President and House Speaker, the current line of presidential succession under the 1987 Constitution.

“This bill … seeks to provide an exhaustive line and order of succession in the event of death, permanent disability, removal from office, or resignation of the Acting President to ensure that the office of the President is never vacated even in exceptional circumstances,” Lacson said in his bill.

In Filipino: ‘Presidential Succession Act’ ni Ping Lacson, Titiyakin ang Patuloy na Takbo ng Pamahalaan kung may Sakuna o ‘Exceptional Circumstances’

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Ping Lacson Bill Amends National ID Law to Address Data Privacy Concerns

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson has filed a bill seeking to amend Republic Act 11055 or the Philippine Identification System (National ID) Act, to address potential concerns on data privacy.

Lacson said such an amendment may also serve as an opportunity for the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and other concerned agencies to purge the Philippine ID system of unauthorized registrants.

Citing information he received, Lacson noted that many if not most of the unauthorized registrants are Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) personnel who may have managed to register through fraudulent means.

In Filipino: Ping Lacson, Naghain ng Panukala sa National ID Law para Tugunan ang Posibleng Data Privacy Concerns

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