Category: Hearings/Investigations

Posted on

Lacson: Senators Estrada, Villanueva Not Cleared of Budget Insertion Row

Their accuser may have shown a “selective” memory, but Senators Joel Villanueva and Jinggoy Estrada are by no means cleared from the issue of millions of pesos in insertions in the General Appropriations Acts (GAAs) for 2023 and 2025.

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson stressed this Thursday evening as he said allowing the two to face their accusers does not mean they are cleared.

“By any measure, Senators Villanueva and Estrada have not been cleared, at least on the issue of budget insertions involving infrastructure projects in Bulacan worth P600M and P355M respectively, as alleged by Engr Brice Hernandez,” he said on X.

In Filipino: Lacson: Hindi Pa Lusot Sina Sen. Estrada at Villanueva sa Isyu ng Budget Insertions

Continue reading “Lacson: Senators Estrada, Villanueva Not Cleared of Budget Insertion Row”

Posted on

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing on the Flood Control Mess

Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson’s opening statement at the hearing on the flood control project mess.

Continue reading “Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing on the Flood Control Mess”

Posted on

Lacson Warns: Chinese Sleeper Agents, PLA Members Already in PH

Chinese “sleeper agents” and even operatives from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are already embedded in the Philippines to engage in espionage, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Wednesday.

Lacson pressed the concerned government agencies to conduct continuous follow-up operations against those arrested in earlier anti-espionage operations.

“The whole network of espionage operations must be dismantled or at least decimated to a large degree kasi agents come and go. Inaresto mo, may papalit diyan. And I have on good information na maraming sleeper agents, even regular members of PLA na nandito. Widespread eh (The whole network of espionage operations must be dismantled or at least decimated to a large degree because agents come and go. You arrest one, another takes his/her place. And I have it on good information that there are sleeper agents and even regular members of the PLA who are here, they are widespread),” he said at the hearing of the Senate defense committee, which tackled anti-espionage bills, including Lacson’s Senate Bill 33, an act penalizing espionage and other similar offenses against national security.

In Filipino: Babala ni Lacson: Chinese Sleeper Agents, Miyembro ng PLA, Nasa Pilipinas na

Continue reading “Lacson Warns: Chinese Sleeper Agents, PLA Members Already in PH”

Posted on

Ping, Pinagsabihan ang NICA na Pabilisin ang Pagproseso ng Intel vs Agri Smugglers, Kasabwat sa Gobyerno

Nakadepende rito ang seguridad natin sa pagkain.

Pinagsabihan ni Senador Ping Lacson ang National Intelligence Coordinating Agency nitong Martes na pabilisin ang pagpoproseso ng impormasyon hinggil sa agricultural smugglers at mga kasabwat nito sa gobyerno.

Para kay Lacson, hanggang hindi napapangalanan ang mga ito at nasasampahan ng kaso, patuloy lang nila na sasamantalahin ang sistema at magtatago sandali habang mainit sila sa mata ng Senado.

Related: Lacson Exhorts NICA: Speed Up Processing of Intel Info vs Agri Smugglers, Protectors
Continue reading “Ping, Pinagsabihan ang NICA na Pabilisin ang Pagproseso ng Intel vs Agri Smugglers, Kasabwat sa Gobyerno”

Posted on

Lacson: Why Was DA Help Lacking for ASF-Affected Communities in Cotabato Town?

Why was the Department of Agriculture lacking in its help for communities affected by African Swine Fever (ASF) in Mlang town in Cotabato?

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson raised this question Monday after he and Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III learned of the situation firsthand earlier this month.

“Ang nag-abono, local government unit, in the amount of P10.7 million. Magkano ang pondo ng DA sa ASF? Narito rin ang hog raisers, they will benefit to find out from DA anong nangyari sa funding sa ASF (LGUs had to shell out money to assist the affected hog raisers, amounting to P10.7 million How much in funds does the DA have to address ASF? Hog raisers will benefit if they find out what happened),” Lacson said at the hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on continued smuggling and other issues affecting agricultural products.

Related: Ping: Bakit Nagkulang ang DA sa Pagtulong sa mga Bayang Apektado ng ASF sa Cotabato?
Continue reading “Lacson: Why Was DA Help Lacking for ASF-Affected Communities in Cotabato Town?”