Editorial: Electricity consumers should not pay costs of inefficiency [Manila Bulletin]

From the Manila Bulletin: The recurring experience of “bill shock,” coupled with persistent questions over unexplained charges, disputed meter readings, and system loss charges, underscores the urgent need for a thorough review of how electricity costs are determined and passed on to consumers. Senator Panfilo Lacson’s call for a Senate inquiry into these issues therefore deserves broad public support.

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Editorial: ​Probe high electric bills, but for the right reasons [Manila Times]

From The Manila Times: This week, Sen. Panfilo Lacson called for a Senate inquiry into the apparent phenomenon of “electric bill shock.” We agree with him, because widespread public concern over the affordability of a basic public service simply cannot be ignored, and the terms in which Lacson framed his call are sensible.

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PNP General Hospital para sa mga pulis, di sa politiko [People’s Taliba]

From Edd J. Reyes’ column in People’s Taliba: MAY punto si Senator Panfilo Lacson sa aniya ay paulit-ulit na pangyayari kung saan bigla na lang nagkakasakit ang mga kilalang personalidad kapag naaresto sa kasong pandarambong.

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Towards transparency: Implementing a digital tracking system for the national budget [BusinessMirror]

From BusinessMirror’s editorial: Senator Lacson’s push for digital tracking offers hope in the fight against corruption. As citizens, we have a duty to back these efforts and insist on accountability, because a government of the people should always be a government that serves the people.

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Drowning in corruption: The flood control sham [BusinessMirror]

From BusinessMirror’s editorial: The recent revelations by Senator Panfilo Lacson regarding the alarming state of flood-control projects in the Philippines expose a rot at the heart of governance that can only be described as “creative corruption.”

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