Towards transparency: Implementing a digital tracking system for the national budget [BusinessMirror]

From BusinessMirror’s editorial: Senator Lacson’s push for digital tracking offers hope in the fight against corruption. As citizens, we have a duty to back these efforts and insist on accountability, because a government of the people should always be a government that serves the people.

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Drowning in corruption: The flood control sham [BusinessMirror]

From BusinessMirror’s editorial: The recent revelations by Senator Panfilo Lacson regarding the alarming state of flood-control projects in the Philippines expose a rot at the heart of governance that can only be described as “creative corruption.”

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Editorial: Ghosts in the GAA: Time to clean house, not just our rivers

From BusinessMirror: The recent revelations about fraudulent flood control projects highlight the ongoing corruption undermining our country’s infrastructure development. Senator Panfilo Lacson’s investigation into these anomalies is a welcome development, and we commend him for his tireless efforts to uncover the truth and bring those responsible to account.

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Lacson assails cash ‘rewards’ system in drug war [BusinessMirror]

From BusinessMirror: Former Sen. Ping Lacson offered “unsolicited advice, as it may be,” to strengthen and make independent the PNP’s IAS, which he said, “as of now” is not functioning as well as it should owing to inherent limitations in its structure, mandate and funding.

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‘Guo’s POGO caper exposed serious breach to institutions, natl security’ [BusinessMirror]

From BusinessMirror: Besides the passport system, Lacson said the Pogo-Alice Guo case showed the Philippine Statistics Authority has a problem with its national ID system. “It may very well be that our PhilSys, national ID, has also been compromised, as identity theft has been reported.”

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