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Ping Lacson Bares ‘Lessons’ from 90-Day Campaign

Independent senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson is taking to heart – and possibly to the Senate – the lessons he learned from ordinary Filipinos he interacted with during the 90-day senatorial campaign.

Lacson said in a radio interview Saturday that he learned many realities that would guide him in crafting legislation for issues affecting sectors such as agriculture, education, and local government units (LGUs).

“During our campaign, we visited areas where we met with LGU officials, down to the barangay chairmen. While we explained to them our campaign platform, we also drew not just inspiration but also lessons from their real-life experiences,” he said in Filipino in an interview on Bombo Radyo Philippines.

“If we did not meet with people on the ground like this, we would not have known about their situation, much less how to help them,” he added.

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Ping Lacson Eyes Ways to Protect Small Fishermen from Commercial Vessels

Should he earn a seat in the Senate this May, former Senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson will study ways to protect the welfare of small fishermen in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling allowing commercial vessels to operate in municipal waters.

Lacson, a champion of the rights of farmers and fisherfolk as well as local government units, said Thursday that at least one LGU has joined calls asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling.

“Legislation may be needed, including possible amendments to existing laws, to firm up the protection of our municipal waters,” Lacson said in Filipino in an interview on Bombo Radyo Philippines on Thursday.

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Ping Lacson to Help Keep Cebu ‘Amazing’ by Watching Budget, Empowering LGUs

CEBU CITY – Former Senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson intends to help keep Cebu “amazing” with his advocacies to safeguard the national budget and empower the local government units (LGUs).

Lacson, who received a big boost in his campaign after being endorsed by Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Friday, said Saturday that Cebu has experienced tremendous growth but there are still towns that are poor.

“I will continue being the vanguard of the national budget, to prevent funds from being unused or misused. That is my advocacy, and that will help Cebu because our thrust is to empower the local government units with the use of the national budget,” he said in Filipino, in an interview on Bombo Radyo Cebu here.

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Ping Lacson Cites Govt-Private Sector Partnership, Other Lasting Lessons from Yolanda Rehab Work

TACLOBAN CITY – The partnership between government and the private sector – including non-government and civil society organizations (NGO/CSO) – is invaluable in helping Filipinos recover from major calamities like Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013.

This was one of the lasting lessons that former Senator and Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR) Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson cited as he visited this city on Friday.

“One lesson I learned is this. The government cannot live by itself. It needs the cooperation of the private sector. Even local government units will face difficulty without the private sector’s help. That is the lesson I learned while working as PARR,” Lacson, who served as PARR from late 2013 to early 2015, said in Filipino at a gathering of local officials from Samar led by Gov. Sharee Ann Tan, at the Summit Hotel here.

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Ping Lacson Cites Tradition of PH Leaders Standing Up to Foreign ‘Bullies’

The Philippines has a long and proud history of leaders standing up to foreign powers to defend our sovereignty and freedom – and former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson is confident this tradition will continue amid current world events.

Lacson said Philippine leaders and heroes have stood up to invaders and colonizers in the same way Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to be cowed by US President Donald Trump recently – for his people’s sake.

“I do hope and trust that our president – not just President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., but all other presidents – have stood up to foreign powers during the time of the Spaniards, Japanese and Americans. They all fought for our sovereignty and freedom,” he said in Filipino, in an interview on Bombo Radyo Philippines.

“We have experienced this and I trust that regardless of who the bully is, our leaders will stand up for us,” he added.

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