Ang tama ay IPAGLABAN. Ang mali ay LABANAN.
In an interview on GMA News TV, Sec. Lacson answered questions on:
– ‘Napolist,’ the list of lawmakers who dealt with Janet Lim-Napoles
– whether the legislature can recover from the Napoles scandal
Quotes from the interview… Continue reading “Interview on GMA News TV | June 4, 2014”
In an interview on GMA News TV, former Sen. Lacson answered questions on:
– the list of alleged pork barrel mastermind Janet Napoles
– Development Acceleration Program funds
Quotes from the interview… Continue reading “Interview on GMA News TV | Oct. 9, 2013”
(After the bicameral) conference committee that met and fully discussed in a conference the joint explanation of the conference committee on the disagreeing provisions of SB 3164 and HB 6410, I hereby report to the body the following: Continue reading “Sponsorship Speech for the AFP Modernization Bill (after Bicameral Conference Committee)”
Mr. President,
It is my honor and privilege to sponsor for Senate consideration Senate Bill No. 2869 under Committee Report No. 50 entitled “An Act Prescribing Fixed Terms for the Chief of Staff and the Major Service Commanders of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and for Other Purposes.” This bill is filed in substitution of Senate Bill No. 20 filed by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, and Senate Bill No. 2285 filed by Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Continue reading “Sponsorship Speech for SB 2869 (Act Prescribing Fixed Terms for the Chief of Staff and the Major Service Commanders of the AFP and for Other Purposes)”
Unang una sa lahat I’d like to thank the members of the media for allowing me a quiet weekend with my family. I thought that was the best day of my life with my family because it was a quiet weekend. We heard mass and I visited the graves of my parents. It felt like Christmas in March.
For 13 months, I was a fugitive from injustice. I have been subjected to the vitriol of arrogance and hatred by my old and new detractors. I have been humiliated, unfairly eviscerated of my dignity and personal honor, even as I am humbled by an experience so surreal I never imagined could happen.