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Ping Lacson Gets Endorsement from Bohol Governor, Proposes Way to Boost Province’s Tourism

PANGLAO, Bohol – Former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson’s senatorial bid got a timely boost on Monday afternoon with an endorsement from Bohol Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado during a meeting here.

Governor Aumentado lauded Lacson for being “very qualified” and for giving the people a voice in the Senate during his terms as senator from 2001 to 2013, and 2016 to 2022.

“It has been a long time since we saw a senator like him,” he said of Lacson, in a mix of English, Filipino and Visayan. “He is a fighting senator and gives a voice to the people.”

Related: Ping Lacson, Nakuha ang Endorsement ni Bohol Governor Aumentado, Nagmungkahi ng Paraan Para Pagandahin ang Turismo

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Greed, Not ‘Low Pay,’ Motivation for BI Moneymaking Racket

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While the Bureau of Immigration’s reshuffle of its airport personnel may be a step in the right direction, it will have little success if it does not eradicate greed and corruption.

The huge payoffs involved in the racket or scheme in the BI have been going on for quite some time. It is not a consequence of low pay and lack of overtime benefits, but of greed and corrupt attitudes of government workers who are clothed with the power and authority that go with their positions.

Suspension or termination of overtime pay and non-inclusion in the salary hike of other government employees should never be a reason for corrupt BI personnel to justify the illegal acts they commit to augment their income. That is crap, and I am not buying it.

Noong pumasok kami bilang mga kawani ng gobyerno, alam naman namin ang mga limitations, even sacrifices, as well as the benefits that go with being in public service. But even the so-called benefits are governed by rules and regulations, and should not put us above our counterparts in the private sector.

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#PingSays: Implementation is key to solving congestion problems at NAIA

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At the Senate hearing on decongesting transport facilities including the NAIA, Sen. Lacson stressed that implementation is key to addressing overcrowding woes.
“Obviously, we all know the problem. Apparently, we also know the solution. So no matter how many meetings, how many public hearings, how many presentations we have, ang solusyon lang talaga is implementation, ‘di ba? But ang tanong, why are we not doing it? … Overload na tayong lahat ng statistics (and) information (at) alam nating lahat, pero what are we doing about it?“