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Sen. Lacson’s Speech at Rally in Panabo, Davao del Norte

“Aayusin ang gobyerno para maging maayos ang buhay ng bawat Pilipino” – yan po ang unang sigaw at laging sinisigaw ng Lacson-Sotto tandem. Ano ba ang mga dapat ayusin sa ating gobyerno? Marami po.

Nabanggit ni Secretary Piñol, sa sektor lang ng agrikultura napakarami. Bakit napakaraming importasyon? We have become an import-dependent country. Sabi nga niya, meron naman tayo bakit mag-i-import? Simple lang po: pag may importation, may kita. May quota, may komisyon.

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Speech of Sen. Lacson at the Lacson-Sotto Proclamation Rally

Maraming salamat, Mayor Congressman Roy Loyola at sa lahat ng mga punong bayan sa ating mahal na lalawigan na naririto na sinamahan tayo ngayong gabi, maraming salamat sa inyong lahat.

Sa aking partner Senate President Tito Sotto, walang nangahas na umagaw ng kanyang upuan bilang SP. Alam nyo consensus builder talagang tunay na leader. Sa Senado laging ang upuan ng SP parang sinisilaban ng sili dahil laging gusto palitan. Pero sa ilalim ng pamumuno ni SP Sotto panatag ang Senado. Lahat kami maski minority leader maski minority nakikisama sa kanya. Yan ang sagisag at katunayan ng isang tunay na leader, SP Tito Sotto.

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Speech at the Golden Anniversary of PMA Matatag Class of 1971

In recent decades, scientists have been putting forward the radical idea that the human brain is designed to forget that old, unused memories wither over time like a photograph left under the sunlight.

This is exactly the reason why getting old sucks. Let me say what my “mistahs” hate to hear, but I will say it anyway: there is a moment in being old when nothing is left in your brain except happy, pleasant, even naughty memories that you cannot even remember. Do not get me wrong. The surviving members of this year’s Golden Jubilarians, the Matatag Class of 1971 are not there yet.

And when the inevitable happens to many of us – maybe ten to twenty years from now, or earlier – I am quite certain – that my brain would designate a special compartment that houses the good, the bad, the ugly and even the painful memories inside the resounding walls of our cadet barracks, the cadet mess hall and everywhere else within the confines of Fort del Pilar.

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Sen. Lacson’s Speech at the 10th Arangkada Philippines Forum

To all the members of the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFC), the business and industry experts, diplomats, government officials, members of the press, and to everyone who made the 10th Arangkada Philippines Forum possible, I am truly honored to join you in this virtual event today.

I understand that this has been the 10th year that the Coalition is conducting its annual Arangkada Philippines Forum, which serves as a premier platform in promoting international trade, increased foreign investment, and improved business conditions to benefit our country, as well as the other nations that the JFC members represent.

With the massive economic and social disruptions that confront the entire world primarily brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, I am sure that this year’s forum takes a deeper and more indicative meaning of the word “arangkada”, which essentially means “to accelerate”.

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Lacson Details Future-Proof Plans for the Philippines

It is a pleasant day to meet you yet again this afternoon, after my guesting only last July of this year.

Far from complaining, I am honored and privileged to have you as an audience because let’s face it — in a crowd of industry leaders who have kept their fair share of “service to change lives”, a chance to speak about my vision for the Philippines and the Filipino people would take more than mere rhetoric. It takes an honest and compelling truth of why I am here after more than 50 years in public office.

Let me take you back to several decades ago when my presence in this event was unlikely, if not impossible. Let me tell you my story: Being born to poor parents and raised in a small, sleepy town of Imus, Cavite, how could a child like me even aspire for higher education when most of the children of my age back then were not even motivated to finish high school? Fortunately, my parents valued education like no other in our neighborhood. I still remember the words of my late mother: “Sukdulang hindi kami kumain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw, makatapos lamang kayo ng pag-aaral, masaya kaming papanaw.”

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