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Editorial: ‘Pork’ issue raised anew in search for SUC funds [Manila Bulletin]

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From Manila Bulletin: Senator Lacson never accepted his own allotment – it was P200 million for senators and P70 million for congressman – in the old days of PDAF. Some of his colleagues in Congress today may not be ready to carry on without their pork in its new guise and may insist on the “SOP” devised by DBM. Then they must find, somewhere else in the bowels of the appropriation bill, the P25 billion needed for the new program of free college education.

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Editoryal: Libreng tuition sa state colleges [Pilipino Star Ngayon]

Mula sa Pilipino Star Ngayon: Maganda ang panukala ni Lacson na kunin sa pork ang pondo. Kaysa naman kurakutin lang ang pork ng mga mambabatas, sa mga state colleges and universities ito gamitin. Gawin na ito para naman makahinga nang maluwag ang mga magulang na kandakuba na sa pagtatrabaho.

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‘CUSTOMS BRIBES BIG ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT BUDGET DEFICIT’ [Manila Times]

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From The Manila Times: CORRUPTION at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is so extensive that “payoffs” collected by bureau personnel could wipe out the government’s budget deficit in just two years, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday. Continue reading “‘CUSTOMS BRIBES BIG ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT BUDGET DEFICIT’ [Manila Times]”

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Sotto, Lacson top Senate in attendance [Inquirer]

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From the Inquirer: Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III and Sen. Panfilo Lacson were role models for attendance and punctuality during the first regular session of the 17th Congress, scoring perfect attendance in all 89 session days of the Senate from July 2016 to May this year.   Continue reading “Sotto, Lacson top Senate in attendance [Inquirer]”

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The best of the Senate, the worst of the Senate [Manila Times]

From The Manila Times: Two senators, Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson Sr., demonstrated they were the best of the Senate, at par with the pre-martial law titans of that body such as Jovito Salonga, Jose Diokno, and yes, Benigno Aquino, Jr. If these two get to be presidential timber, I begin to have hope for our unlucky country.  Continue reading “The best of the Senate, the worst of the Senate [Manila Times]”