On PBBM’s SONA 2024

My favorite excerpt from PBBM’s SONA 2024: “Mga minamahal kong kababayan, lagi po nating LABANAN ANG MALI at ang masama. Lagi po nating IPAGLABAN ANG TAMA at ang mabuti…”

Related: Ang tama, ipaglaban. Ang mali, labanan. (What is right must be kept right. What is wrong must be set right.)
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On a Prospective EO for an MSME Development Plan

An EO for an MSME development plan is one move by President Marcos that deserves the support of the entire government bureaucracy, if not the whole country. When 99.6% of our business enterprises are MSME’s and a mere 0.4% are large, corporate groups, the best way forward is through this EO.

An unsolicited advice, if I may – bureaucratic corruption is the greatest enemy of MSME’s. They should be assisted, not punished by red tape and extortion.

JPE, the Centenarian [published in The Philippine Star]

Senators Ping Lacson and Juan Ponce Enrile in 2004

Former Sen. Ping Lacson on JPE the centenarian, as published in The Philippine Star: “Considering his advanced age, JPE has the distinction of retaining not only his legal acumen and skills but also his brilliance and mental acuity that lawyers half his age would not dare challenge in any forum.”

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Hike in 2024 unprogrammed funds is unconstitutional — Lacson [Inquirer]

From Inquirer.net: Former Senator Ping Lacson said the bicameral conference committee’s move to add a P450 billion increase to the unprogrammed appropriations of the 2024 budget is unconstitutional.

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Ex-Senator Lacson Says Destabilization Rumors ‘Triggered’ by Call for Clean, Honest Elections [ABS-CBN News]

From ABS-CBN News: Talks about a supposed move to destabilize the Marcos Jr. administration were triggered by a move of retired uniformed personnel to spearhead a crusade for clean and honest elections in the future, former senator Panfilo Lacson said.

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